H) a person (or people) in a story —

G) the most intense part of a story, generally towards the end —

F) a tense feeling in the reader, caused by wondering what may happen further in the story —

D) the set of connected events on which the story is based —

C) the place and time at which the events of a story take place —

B) the feeling in the reader caused by something unexpected happening —

A) the manner of writing used in the story —

Setting climax theme style

Suspense surprise plot character(s)

A) These are some common expressions used when talking about short stories. Match them with the definitions below.

C) In her employment, Mary showed a thoroughly satisfactory degree of energy and efficiency.

A) My physical condition is, on the whole, one in which food would be of considerable benefit.

Writing economically. Shorten these sentences using as few words as possible. (If you learn to write economically, this will help you to write effective summaries.)

G) He laughed softly at the memory, and she joined in gaily. She had been wonderfully, blissfully on time. She started to tell him so, but his lips claimed her own, masterfully silencing the words that no longer needed to be spoken.

h) Mrs. Ferrars died on the night of the 16^th — 17^th September — a Thursday. I was sent for at eight o’clock on the morning of Friday the 17^th. There was nothing to be done. She had been dead some hours.

(B) Titles and Authors. Here are the titles and authors, again mixed up. Match each book with its correct title and author.

The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd Sue Peters

Cinderella Agatha Christie

Marriage in Haste Charlie Chaplin

My Autobiography a traditional fairy story

b) I’m telling no more than truth when I say that George is a habitual smoker.

d) The main problem with which I am faced is to decide whether it is preferable to continue in existence, or whether it would, on balance, be a more advisable policy to give up the struggle. (Shakespeare)

e) It is undeniable that the large majority of non-native learners of English experience a number of problems in attempting to master the phonetic patterns of the language.

f) It is not uncommon to encounter sentences which, though they contain a great number of words and are constructed in a highly complex way, none the less turn out to contain very little meaning of any kind.

e) what the story is about, rather than what happens in the story —

B) Use the words in point (A) to fill in the gaps in these sentences.

a) The story is too simple to be interesting: the _____________ are too neatly divided into good and bad.

b) I found the _____________ too complicated: at times it was difficult to understand what was going on.

c) __________ is maintained throughout this thrilling story: you don’t find out the identity of the murderer until the last page, and when you do, it comes as a complete ____________.

d) Very little actually happens in this story — it is an ordinary day in the life of an ordinary person — but the writer’s ____________ makes it fascinating reading.

e) In spite of the exotic _________, in India at the time of the Mogul Emperors, the story is rather dull.

f) The story’s ______, racial intolerance in an urban setting, makes it still relevant for today’s reader.

g) The writer builds up the reader’s expectations skillfully, but the __________ itself is rather disappointing.

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