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| Fiction | |
| Reading a Story | |
| Fable, Parable, and Tales | |
| Somerset Maugham, The Appointment in Samarra | |
| Aesop, The Fox and the Grapes | |
| Bidpai, The Camel and His Friends | |
| Chuang Tzu, Independence | |
| Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, Godfather Death | |
| Plot | |
| The Short Story | |
| John Updike A & P. | ... MORE |
| Writer's Perspective | |
| John Updike on Writing, Why Write? | |
| Writing Critically | |
| What's The Plot? | |
| Point of View | |
| William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily | |
| Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies | |
| James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues | |
| Eudora Welty, Why I Live at the P.O. | |
| Writer's Perspective | |
| James Baldwin on Writing, Race and the African-American Writer | |
| Writing Critically | |
| How Point of View Shapes a Story | |
| Character | |
| Katherine Anne Porter, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall | |
| Alice Walker, Everyday Use | |
| Raymond Carver, Cathedral | |
| Writer's Perspective | |
| Raymond Carver on Writing, Commonplace but Precise Language | |
| Writing Critically | |
| How Character Creates Action | |
| Setting | |
| Kate Chopin, The Storm | |
| Jack London, To Build a Fire | |
| Coraghessan Boyle, Greasy Lake | |
| Amy Tan, A Pair of Tickets | |
| Writer's Perspective | |
| Amy Tan on Writing, Setting the Voice | |
| Writing Critically | |
| How Time and Place Set a Story | |
| Tone and Style | |
| Ernest Hemingway, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place | |
| William Faulkner, Barn Burning | |
| Irony | |
| Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace | |
| Ha Jin, Saboteur | |
| Writer's Perspective | |
| Ernest Hemingway on Writing, The Direct Style | |
| Writing Critically | |
| Be Style Conscious | |
| Theme | |
| Stephen Crane, The Open Boat | |
| Alice Munro, Day of the Butterfly | |
| Luke 15: 11-32, The Parable of the Prodigal Son | |
| Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Harrison Bergeron | |
| Writer's Perspective | |
| Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. on Writing, The Themes of Science Fiction | |
| Writing Critically | |
| Stating the Theme | |
| Symbol | |
| John Steinbeck, The Chrysanthemums | |
| Shirley Jackson, The Lottery | |
| Elizabeth Tallent, No One's a Mystery | |
| Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas | |
| Writer's Perspective | |
| Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing, On "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." | |
| Writing Critically | |
| Recognizing Symbols | |
| Writing Assignment | |
| Student Essay, An Analysis of the Symbolism In Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums." | |
| Evaluating a Story | |
| Writing Critically | |
| Know What You're Judging | |
| Reading Long Stories and Novels | |
| Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych | |
| Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis | |
| Writer's Perspective | |
| Franz Kafka on Writing, Discussing The Metamorphosis | |
| Writing Critically | |
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