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The document provides guidance on analyzing short stories by summarizing the plot, setting, characters, genre, theme, and motifs. It instructs the reader to define the plot by explaining the hook, orientation, complication, climax, and resolution. For setting, it asks the reader to determine if the setting is important and whether it is shown or told. For characters, it has the reader define the main character's traits and whether they are flat or round. For genre, it asks the reader to identify the genre and elements that define it. For theme, it notes a theme explores a central idea or message. For motifs, it defines them as recurring symbols that take on deeper meaning.

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The document provides guidance on analyzing short stories by summarizing the plot, setting, characters, genre, theme, and motifs. It instructs the reader to define the plot by explaining the hook, orientation, complication, climax, and resolution. For setting, it asks the reader to determine if the setting is important and whether it is shown or told. For characters, it has the reader define the main character's traits and whether they are flat or round. For genre, it asks the reader to identify the genre and elements that define it. For theme, it notes a theme explores a central idea or message. For motifs, it defines them as recurring symbols that take on deeper meaning.

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Analysing Short Stories

PLOT

SETTING

GENRE

Define the plot of the story as simply as you can


Explain the hook, orientation, complication, climax and resolution

Where is the story set?


Do you think the setting is important?
Does the story show the setting or tells?

CHARACTER

Year 11 English: Creative Writing

Using the mind map below, define the main character by their
characteristics. Is the character flat (predictable) or round (complex)?

What is the genre of the short story?


How can you tell? What are elements that define the story to particular
genre?

Year 11 English: Creative Writing

THEME

NB: a theme is a central topic or big idea a text explores.


Good writing has deeper meaning. What is the deeper meaning the writer is
discussing in this text?

MOTIF

NB: a motif is a recurring symbol that takes on a deeper meaning.


A motif can be almost anything: an idea, an object, colour.
Have symbolic meaning.
What is the significance of this motif?

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