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prose tale set in an idealized rural world
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What person or persons are telling the story? How much does the narrator know about the events of the story? Is he/she a major or minor character, or just an observer? Is the picture of the events accurate or inaccurate?
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What are their most striking traits? How do they interact with one another? What motivates them? Are they fully developed or stereotypes whose purpose is to move the plot along?
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limited in length and scope; usually begins close to or at the height of action and usually develops only one character in depth
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come out of oral tradition; many are contemporary versions of old, even ancient, tales that can be traced back centuries through many cultures; have obvious themes or morals; \"Once upon a time\" settings - no particular times or places
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tells a story by presenting events in some logical or orderly way
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Do any items in the story stand for or represent something more than just the item itself? Does an object have different meanings at different places in the story?
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stories ranging from 80 to 120 pages
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Is there any unusual use of diction or syntax? What words or phrases are repeated throughout the work? What levels of speech are associated with particular characters?
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a turning point for a character; moment of illumination in which something hidden or not understood becomes immediately clear
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At what time period and in what geographic location does the action occur? How does it affect the characters in the story? How does it determine the relationships among the characters? How does it affect the plot? Does it create mood? How might it reinforce the central ideas that the story examines?
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central heroic figures include knights, kings,, and damsels in distress; originated in the middle ages; events were controlled by enchantments rather than will of divine beings
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How is the central idea or concept expressed in a work? What is the central idea or concept? How do character, plot, setting, point of view and symbols reinforce this? How does the title reinforce this?
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Does the writer use imaginative figures of speech? Patterns of imagery? Is it plain or elaborate?
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episodic narrative; Robinson Crusoe is usually referred to as the first of this kind
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What is the narrator\'s attitude toward characters or events and how is this revealed? Is it playful, humorous, ironic, satirical, serious, sombre, solemn, bitter, condescending, formal, informal - or some other attitude?
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how do the events in the story relate to one another, and how do they relate to the story as a whole? What conflicts occur and how are they developed or resolved? Are there flashbacks or foreshadowing?
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long narrative poem about heroic figures whose actions determine the fate of a nation or an entire race
