Wednesday, September 18, 2013

A Slander by Chekhov


Assignment: Writing Response - In a paragraph write why you think the story, “A Slander”, is a serious story or a humorous story. Outline your paragraph with a topic sentence, 3 keywords and a clincher.

 

Writing an outline:

 

Topic Sentence - choose whether you think the story is serious or humorous and make a statement to that effect.

 

Key words - choose three key words FROM the story that will help support your contention that the story is either serious or humorous. Use one of the keywords in a quotation from the story.

 

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Clincher - write a sentence which conclusively states whether the story is humourous or serious. Look at your topic sentence for ideas to include in the clincher.

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