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Warm Up

Take out your notebook and your copy of “A Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.”

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  1. In your notebook, write down one observation or thought you had during yesterday’s Crack The Page/Shift The Stage Performance.

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2. We are going to make a card for Keno Evol. Please write a short message in the card as it makes its way around the room. Sign your full name.

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Today’s Game Plan and Learning Targets

  • Warm Up
  • Aspects of plot lesson
  • Read and analyze plot techniques in “A Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.”
  • Pass back FOA score and feedback
  • I can analyze the aspects of plot and narrative technique in Hemingway’s short stories.
  • I can reflect on my work.

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Quarter 1- Essential Questions

How does a writer design a story’s plot to engage the reader?

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What about this story appeals to human nature?

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Literary Techniques/Devices: Plot

Plot= series of events and actions that occur in the story.

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  • Plot Structure

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  • Types of Plot

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Plot Structure: Freytag’s Pyramid

Invented by German novelist Gustav Freytag in 1863.

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Plot Structure: Exposition

Exposition: provides information about plot, character, and setting.

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In the exposition, narrator may engage readers by:

  • Delaying information to create suspense.
  • Foreshadowing.

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Plot Structure: Rising action, climax, falling action

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Rising action: plot develops and character come into state of conflict.

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Climax: turning point, events have come to a head or tension has reached its highest point.

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Falling action: learn the result of the climax and how characters deal with the effects.

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Plot Structure: Denouement

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Denouement: French word for ‘unknotting,’ used to describe the resolution of a story’s plot or complicated situation.

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The tension in the story has unravelled and we learn how the characters have dealt with it effects.

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Analyzing Plot

How does Freytag’s pyramid apply to Hemingway’s “A Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber?”

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Does the story’s plot follow the pyramid?

Or do you see a different pattern?

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Plot & Individual Oral Commentaries

As you prepare for the IOC’s, its crucial to know the difference between:

  • Summarizing: retelling the basic aspects of plot, character, and setting.
  • Interpretation: explaining the deeper meaning of these aspects.

In the IOC, you need to maintain a balance between summarizing and interpretation.

Why might this be the case?