初中英语演讲素材-The-Lady--or-the-Tiger.ppt

TheLady,

ortheTiger?

MeetFrankR.Stockton (1834-1902)Attheheightofhissuccess,FrankR.StocktonwasconsideredamajorliteraryfigureintheUnitedStates,secondinimportanceonlytoMarkTwain.Stockton’sbodyofworkfillstwenty-threevolumesandincludesstories,novels,andnonfiction.Yettoday,thiswriterisknownprimarilyforhisstory,“TheLady,ortheTiger?”Thestorycreatedastiratthetimeitwaspublished,aswellasafterward;itwaslaterturnedintoanoperetta,aplay,amovie,andarecording.TheLady,orTheTiger?—FrankStockton

DramaticPlotStructure Aliteraryplothasfiveelements:ExpositionRisingActionClimaxFallingActionResolution

DramaticPlotStructureExpositionDuringaplot’sexposition,theauthorgivesbackgroundinformationaboutthestoryandintroducesthestory’scharactersandsetting.Theexpositionalsointroducesthemainconflict.RisingActionRisingactionistheseriesofeventsthatleaduptotheclimax,ormostdramaticmoment,ofthestory.ClimaxTheclimaxisastory’smostdramaticandrevealingmoment.Itusuallycomesneartheendofastoryandsatisfiesthereader’scuriosityaboutwhathappens.

DramaticPlotStructureFallingActionThefallingactionfollowstheclimaxanddescribestheresultsoftheclimax.ResolutionTheresolution,ordenouement,comesattheendofthefallingaction.“TheLady,ortheTiger?”hasatrickending—readersmustsupplytheresolution.

TheLady,orTheTiger?—FrankStocktonSetting

DramaticPlotStructureConflictMostplotsdeveloparoundaconflict,orstrugglebetweentwoormoreforcesinastory.Externalconflictisthebattlebetweenacharacterandanoutsideforce—nature,society,fate,oranothercharacter.Internalconflictisthebattlewithinthemindofacharacterwhoistornbetweendifferentcoursesofaction.

ConnectingtotheStory Wouldyoutrustyourlifetoafriend?Beforeyoureadthestory,thinkaboutthefollowingquestions:?W