"The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton

Write a draft of a news article that would appear in the local paper the next day after the events of the story. You may use the text to create direct quotes as shown in the example provided.

First drafts are due on Tuesday, 9/23.

Key terms from today's class -

verbal irony - when an author's says one thing and means something completely different. The tone is often sarcastic. For instance when a person calls something "special," instead of saying something mean... they don't really mean special good, they mean something else.

plot diagram - consists of the following parts of a plot (which is the sequence of events that move a story)

• exposition: the introduction or set up for the story
• rising actions: after the initial conflict is introduced, there are a series of things that happen that lead to the climax
• climax: the turning point
• falling action or denouement: the events that lead to the resolution
• resolution: the answer or finish - how the story ends - the conclusion of the plot... conflict either gets resolved or doesn't in some cases.