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1.Plot：A Sequence of Interrelated Actions or Events
Sample Reading
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
Christmas Day in the Morning

2.Characters：The People in Fiction
Sample Reading
The Catbird Seat
Two Kinds

3.Setting：Place and Objects in Fiction
Sample Reading
To Build a Fire
A Horseman in the Sky

4.Point of View：The Narrative Voice
Sample Reading
A Clean， Well—lighted Place
The Broken Globe

5.Theme：The Meaning and the Message in Fiction
Sample Reading
Yellow Woman
Rain

6.Style：The Words That Tell the Story
Sample Reading
My Oedipus Complex
Haircut

7.Tone：Attitude and Control in Fiction
Sample Reading
The Horse Dealer’s Daughter
Luck

8.Symbolism：A Key to Extended Meaning
Sample Reading
The Chrysanthemums
The Egg

9.Allegory：A Key to Extended Meaning
Sample Reading
Old Rogaum and His Theresa
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Biographical Sketches of the Authors
Glossary of Literary Terms
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