There will be 4 steps to this culminating activity. You will be using all that you learned in Unit 1 in order to
complete this activity to the best of your ability.
1. Read the file:///home/chronos/u-0f3d7aaaf827 46e2a7ddc251e5a9944b9f15d1c8/MyFile s/Downloads/short_story-_the_stolen _party-1.pdf
2. As you are reading, identify the plot elements (Exposition, Rising Action(s), Climax,
Falling Action(s). Resolution). You can list these elements like this:
Exposition:
Rising Action(s):
Climax:
Falling Action(s):
Resolution:
3. Identify the THEME of the short story.
4. Write your OWN short story (2-3 paragraphs) using the following prompt:
It's the first day of school! Your character finds a note in their locker with a surprising message
message

100 points. answer one of these: 1) describe the paradoxical nature of algernon being “serious” about bunburying. explain the term “bunburying” and its role in the story. analyze the significance of bunburying when it comes to symbolism, conflict, and setting. 2)the subtitle of the play is “a trivial comedy for serious people.” discuss the reversal of the serious and the trivial in the play. give examples of what some characters consider to be insignificant and what they consider to be important. what social commentary is made as a result of these inversions?

Select the correct answer to which literary movement did ambrose bierce belong? a.romanticism b.realism c.naturalism d.neoclassicism

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.