1. Plot: A Sequence of Interrelated Actions or Events
Sample Reading
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
Christmas Day in the Morning
2. Characters: The People in Fiction
Sample Reading
The Catbird Seat
Two Kinds
5. Setting: Place and Objects in Fiction
Sample Reading
To Build a Fire
A Horseman in the Sky
4. Point of View: The Narrative Voice
Sample Reading
A Clean, Well-lighted Place
The Broken Globe
5. Theme: The Meaning and the Message in Fiction
Sample Reading
Yellow Woman
Rain
6. Style: The Words That Tell the Story
Sample Reading
My Oedipus Complex
Haircut
7. Tone: Attitude and Control in Fiction
Sample Reading
The Horse Dealer's Daughter
Luck
8. Symbolism: A Key to Extended Meaning
Sample Reading
The Chrysanthemums
The Egg
9. Allegory: A Key to Extended Meaning
Sample Reading
Old Rogaum and His Theresa
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Biographical Sketches of the Authors
A Glossary of Literary Terms
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