Notes on "An occurence at owl's creek"

Takes place during the american civil war.
Industrialized north against 11 southern states( economy based on agriculture, slave labor)
The southern states decided to secede from the USA and to form a conferency
Northern soldier known as union soldiers (blue)
Southern soldiers called confederate soldiers(gray)
500 000 soldiers died

Book review

5 choices:

1- Tell what happened plot/stroyline

2- Describe your favorite part

3-Write a letter to the author

4-Tell how you would react if you were a character

5-Choose several "quotes " from characters and say why they're meaningful

6-Why the book is awesome or not

7- Suggest a different ending for the story

Sentence pattern #2

IC + Colon (:)
Statement: explanation (specific)

Eg1: Bernard Shaw Told a writer
" There a three things I disliked about your story : they are the beginning,middle and end."

Eg2: There is one rule in my life: always be well-dressed at work.

Sentence pattern #1

Sentence = complete idea/subject + verb+ object
independent clause
Clause= incomplete idea / subject + verb

phrase= Preposition ( in, on ,at), no verb,
Could have a participle present:(ing) past:(ed)

Eg: Csl(subject) has(verb) 3200 students(object).


Eg: FS wrote many short stories; he filled 23 volumes

#1 a) IC semicolon+conjunctive adverb+comma+IC
FS started as a wood engraver; however , he became a famous writer.

#1 b) IC+comma+coordinating conjunction (fanboys)+ IC
The story has no ending, so the reader is left wondering what happened.

Thesis statement

1- Clear, avoids vague language

2- Avoid I

3-Reflects what the text is about

4-Connects all the subelements of the text

5-Makes a "claim"

6-Passes the "so what " test

7- Directs the structure

8- Introduces an essay

9-Determines the type of paper you write

10- Uses literary elements

11- Make use of "quotations"

Three components:
1- What: Claim about the text (interpretation)
2-How: The literary elements( figures of speech, symbolism,theme)
3- Why: The significance of your claim answers the question: so what

Bad thesis statement:
1-This poem shows the narrator comparing his love to a summer's day (plot summary)
2-The poem presents the power of love to conquer death. (too universal)
3-The poem shows how narratives can last while nature cannot. (too general)
4-The poem proves that the pen is mightier than the sword. (cliché)
5-The structure,character and dialogue in the poem show us how human search for knowledge. (list of themes)

Good thesis statement:
Despite it's emphasis on love and physical beauty, the poem reveals the ways in which human can triumph over the vagaries of nature.

Qualities:
-specific
-arguable
-provides a structure for your argument
-Goes beyond "so what?"

An occurence at Owl Creek Bridge

Questions :

1- Who is the main character of the story ?

2-What is the climax ?

3-What is the point of view ?

5 intersting facts about the author:

1- Ambrose Pierce has been in the army for about 2 years and his experience has influenced him in his writting

2-He gets married in 1871, in the same year, he publishes his first story

3- His first son kills himself in 1889

4- His second son dies from alcolism in 1901

5- No one has seen Ambrose since 1910

The Lady or the Tiger ?

Questions:

1.What is the point of view?

2. What is the climax of the story?

3. What is the theme ?


5 intersting facts about the author :

1- He was the son of a prominent methodist minister who discouraged him from being a writter

2-His first fairy tale was called "Ting-a-ling"

3-Stockton married Mary Anne Edwards Tuttle in 1860

4- He was forced to stop writting because of eyes problem

5-"The Lady or the tiger" is his most remembered short story


Possible thesis statement:

The story revolves around two dilemnas. The first conflict is the external one between the young man and the two doors. The second conflict is internal involving the princess's feelings: jealousy or love, selflessness or altruism.