<p> GRADE 9 SHORT STORY</p><p>NAME: DATE: PERIOD: 1 2 3 4</p><p>REQUIREMENTS:</p><p>FIVE PAGES MINIMUM – typed, DS, page number, FCAs STRONG SETTING FIVE different literary devices UNDERLINED AND LABELED TWO twists in the story Strong character developoment – background, some dialogue No swear words or gratiuitous violence or killing Mechanics</p><p>CLIMAX</p><p>RISING ACTION FALLING ACTION/DENOUMENT</p><p>EXPOSITION RESOLUTION</p><p>CHARACTERS</p><p>SETTING</p><p>1 SHORT STORY PRE-WRITE GRADE 9</p><p>EXPOSITION:</p><p>SETTING </p><p>TIME – (Year, month, day, age – Medevil times, etc.)</p><p>PLACE – (Country, city, urban or suburban, type of building, etc.)</p><p>MOOD – (Happy, sad, scary, worried, etc.)</p><p>CHARACTERS CHARACTER AGE/APPEARANCE BACKGROUND CONFLICTS 1)</p><p>2)</p><p>3)</p><p>4)</p><p>2 CONFLICT TYPE</p><p>CIRCLE THE CORRECT ONE(S)</p><p>Man vs. man ROCKY, </p><p>Man vs. nature TWISTER, THE PERFECT STORM</p><p>Man vs. himself A BEAUTIFUL MIND, </p><p>Man vs. supernatural GHOSTBUSTERS, MEN IN BLACK, etc.</p><p>Man vs. society LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, SCHINDLER’S LIST</p><p>Man vs. machine CHRISTINE (car), THE MATRIX, TERMINATOR </p><p>YOUR CONFLICT IN THREE SENTENCES:</p><p>TWISTS</p><p>TWIST 1 –</p><p>HOW YOU SET US UP TO THINK OTHERWISE:</p><p>TWIST 2 –</p><p>HOW YOU SET US UP TO THINK OTHERWISE:</p><p>3 DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHARACTERS</p><p>CHARACTERS:</p><p>DISCUSSION TOPIC:</p><p>FAVORITE LINES/CHARACTER</p><p>LINES:</p><p>CHARACTER:</p><p>4 SHORT STORY RUBRIC</p><p>EDITOR GETS ______/ 25 POINTS</p><p>WRITER: ______</p><p>EDITOR: ______</p><p>FORMAT CHECKLIST</p><p>______No. 2 centered at top ______FCAs single spaced on left ______Name, date, period single spaced on right ______Double space to title, then center title ______Indent, double space paragraphs ______Page numbers are centered at the bottom ______Writer uses 12-point Times New Roman font ______Literary devices are underlined and labeled – 5 different ones ______Two twists are underlined and labeled</p><p>BEGINNING/EXPOSITION</p><p>______Writer establishes setting location/place WRITE IT HERE:</p><p>______Writer establishes setting time WRITE IT HERE:</p><p>______Writer establishes setting mood WRITE IT HERE:</p><p>CONFLICT (check appropriate boxes and write the example from the story after each type.)</p><p>______Man vs. man ______Man vs. himself ______Man vs. nature ______Man vs. machine ______Man vs. supernatural ______Man vs. society/world ______Man vs. animal/beast</p><p>5 ENDING</p><p>It is a surprise because …</p><p>You were set up to believe otherwise because the author …</p><p>1)</p><p>2)</p><p>6</p>