Mother Sauvage

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Guy de Maupassant

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A French writer whose stories are mostly set during the Franco-Prussian War (France vs German Empire) during the 1870s.

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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant

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Guy De Maupassant's full name

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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant

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Considered the father of modern short story during his time because of his realistic approach to literary writing.

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pessimistic

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His stories are often _______ and featured conditions in French society during his time.

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middle class

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He took interest in details of life in Paris and the behavior of the ______ _____

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ironic

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Despite attention to minute details, Maupassant's stories were often short, simple, and direct. They were also at times comic and ______.

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La Mere Sauvage

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Mother Sauvage or __ ___ ___________

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First-person perspective

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narrator is the protagonist of the story, limited to what the main character knows and experience.

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Second-person perspective

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makes the reader the protagonist of the story, extremely rare perspective for the writers to use and do effectively, limited to what the protagonist knows and experiences.

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Third-person perspective

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Narrator is not a character of in the story.

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Naïve Narrator

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First person narrators may sometimes be considered like this. Unaware, unsophisticated, inexperienced, uninformed, or lacking in judgement. Could be due to age, mental capacity, sheer ignorance, etc. Mostly seen in satire.

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Unreliable Narrator

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Some narrators can’t be trusted. Sometimes they do not know the full story he or she is relaying. Some narrators intentionally lie to make themselves look better or to hide something. Readers should always remain open-minded and look for details that do not seem quite right.

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The story is told from the anonymous narrator’s perspective using first person point of view.

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From whose perspective is the story told?

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Foreshadowing

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A literary device where an author makes a hint towards something that will happen later in the story.

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Layering

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A narrative technique in which a story (or stories) is told within a story. Referred as a frame narrative or a frame story.

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Conflict

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Refers to the differing ideas, intentions, and motives of the characters which result in struggle and eventually the triumph of either one of them over the other.

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Plot

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Conflict creates and drives the ____ forward.

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Conflict

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To better understand it, know the goals of the major characters. Anything that opposes it, it is the _________

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External

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conflict caused by outside force or other people,

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Internal

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conflict within the protagonist himself or herself

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Person vs Person

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character vs character/ hero vs villain

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Person vs Self

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character conflict

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Person vs Society

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world, traditions, culture

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Person vs Nature

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natural phenomenon (storms, floods, earthquakes, pandemic, predators)

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Person vs Supernatural

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gods, demons, spirits

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Irony

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is a literary device in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.

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Conflict

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The primary problem that drives the plot of the story

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Exposition

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This is where the author exposes the reader to the important elements of the "set up" or background of the story such as the main characters' names, setting, and mood.

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Rising Action

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all of the events that lead to the eventual climax or turning point of the story.

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Climax

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most exciting point of the story or a series of exciting events

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Falling Action

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It includes all of the events and everything that happens as a result of the climax, including wrapping-up of plot points, questions being answered, and character development.

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Denouement/ Resolution

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It is not always happy, but it does complete the story. It can leave a reader with questions, answers, frustration, or satisfaction.

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Third-person pronouns

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he and she

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Objective

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unbiased version of the story

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Omniscient

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all knowing

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Limited

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relate to only one character in the story. Biased interpretation of events or actions.

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first person pronouns

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I, me, and my

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second-person pronouns

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you and your