Literature Online--English 112

Understanding Fiction:The Short Story

Reading Modern Short Stories on the Web

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Now that we have responded to and carefully analyzed "A Rose for Emily," we are ready to experiment with the strategies we have explored as we read other short stories.

To locate additional short stories that are published on the Web, use the
Short Story Search Engine or

The Writer's Haven

Assignment:
Select a modern short story of your choosing that you located through the Short Story Search Engine or The Writer's Haven, read it, and respond to it below:

Reminder: To save the this writing, resize your browser's window to reduce it to a section of your screen, open your word processor, and copy and paste the writing into the word processor BEFORE turning the page. Browsers, such as Netscape, clear typing areas as soon as you click to turn the page. Other browsers, such as Internet Explorer, do not clear typing areas until you leave the whole lesson. Be sure you include your name, college and campus, and date in the top left corner of the box. Email this response to your professor.

Assignment:
Now select one of the conventions of short story writing and briefly explain how the author used this one convention to make the story's meaning clearer for the reader.

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Literature Online--English 112

Understanding Fiction:The Short Story

Reading Modern Short Stories on the Web

Now that we have responded to and carefully analyzed "A Rose for Emily," we are ready to experiment with the strategies we have explored as we read other short stories.

To locate additional short stories that are published on the Web, use the Short Story Search Engine or

Assignment: Select a modern short story of your choosing that you located through the Short Story Search Engine or The Writer's Haven, read it, and respond to it below:

Assignment: Now select one of the conventions of short story writing and briefly explain how the author used this one convention to make the story's meaning clearer for the reader.

Using the letter format, email a copy of this assignment to another classmate and send a copy to your professor. When you receive your letter from another student, reply to that student's comments. If more than one letter arrives in your box, forward it or them to another student.

To locate additional short stories that are published on the Web, use the
Short Story Search Engine or

Assignment:
Select a modern short story of your choosing that you located through the Short Story Search Engine or The Writer's Haven, read it, and respond to it below:

Assignment:
Now select one of the conventions of short story writing and briefly explain how the author used this one convention to make the story's meaning clearer for the reader.