Unit11TextII.WritingSkills‘AfterTwentyYears’isashortstorywrittenbyOHenry
Theshortstoryisaformoffictiongenerallyunder10,000wordsinlength
Becauseofitslimitedlength,ashortstorypresentsveryfewcharacters(generallyoneortwo),andfocusesononlyoneevent
Throughsomemeansorother,theshortstoryachievessuspenseanddramaticeffectthroughcomplication
①Structurally,ashortstorymaybreakupintofivesections:thesituation(settingandabriefintroductiontothecharacters),thegeneratingcircumstance(theincidentinthestory),therisingaction,theclimaxandtheending
②Theplotisdevelopedmainlythroughthedialogues
③Thecharactersaredescribedandshowntothereadersthroughtheirexternalactionanddialogue
④Thelanguageofthisshortstoryissomewhatout-datedandungrammaticalattimes
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