Research 5 Final Short Story
Now that you have all the tools, take that "big leap" and produce the masterpiece you know you can write! Be imaginative and think outside the box. HAPPY CREATING!
Using the location, time period, and famous person you selected in Section 1, write a short story which includes all three elements. As a reminder, the criteria for your story specified in Section 1 included the following:
- Your story must contain dialogue.
- You must carefully include all the elements of a short story: setting, point of view, plot, characterization, and theme.
- The way you say something is just as important as what you say: Use imagery and figurative language (metaphors, similes, allusions, personification, etc.) and specific words to describe character, setting, etc.
- Describe your setting in detail. Use your research to make the reader see, hear, feel, and smell the place.
- Use your research of the time period to lend the richness of societal life to your story: How did people make a living? What did they eat and how did they prepare their food? What was family life like? What did they do for entertainment?
- Use your research about your famous person to make him/her really come ALIVE! Use your Methods of Characterization chart to help describe what your character is like: What does he/she look like physically? What kind of clothes does he/she wear? How does he/she treat other people? What are his/her goals? What do others say about him/her? What does he/she think about the era in which he/she lives?
This culminating assignment is worth a total of 100 points. The rubric that will be used to grade your short story is as follows: