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THE DEVIL’S IN

THE DETAILS
BY NICOLA PRENTIS
• GENRE:
literary genres typically describe writing styles
such as poetry, essays, novels, short stories
and plays. Genres may be determined by
literary technique, tone, content, or length
(especially for fiction).

LET’S TALK
ABOUT THE
GENRE 1) What literary genre is The Devil’s in the
details?
• SETTING
the setting in literature refers to the time
and place in which a story occurs.
The place can be a real place like the city
of New York, or it can be an imagined
location. The time can be a real time
period (past or present) or imagined
(future).

LET’S TALK
ABOUT THE
SETTING 1) Where does the story take place?
2) When does the story take place?
• CHARACTERS

A character is a person, animal, creature, or thing


in a story. Writers use characters to perform the
actions, moving the story along a plot line.

Most stories have multiple characters interacting,

LET’S TALK with one of them as the antagonist, causing a


conflict for, or opposing the protagonist.

ABOUT THE
CHARACTERS 3) Who are the characters in the short story?
Who is the protagonist and who is the
antagonist?
• NARRATOR & POINT OF VIEW

The point of view is the perspective through which a


story is narrated.
In a first-person POV, the narrator is part of the story
and can interact with the other characters. The pronouns
“I”, “we”, and “us” are used to express the narrator’s
thoughts and feelings.
In a third-person POV, the narrator is removed from the
story and cannot interact with other characters. There

LET’S TALK are two types of third-person point of view: omniscient


(the narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of the
characters in the story) and limited (the narrator relates
ABOUT THE only their own thoughts, feelings, and knowledge about
various situations and the other characters).

NARRATOR
4) Is the short story narrated in the first-person or
third-person?
If someone asks you “What is the story about?”, then they are
asking about the PLOT of the story. To answer this questions
there are some things you should pay attention to:

• Focus on general events, but make sure you include relevant


details that contribute to the overall understanding of the
story.

• The events of the story are often told in chronological order.


LET’S TALK Make sure you order your ideas before you start speaking to

ABOUT THE avoid coming and going in time.

PLOT • You shouldn’t include your personal opinion. Only include the
events as they happen in the story.

5) Which are the main events in the short story? What details
are relevant?
LOOK AT THESE TIPS
The action which takes place in works of fiction exists in a timeless world. So, in
describing characters or recapitulating the plots found in literature, it’s best to use
the present tense, but you can also use past tenses to talk about the story.

Choose one tense and stick to it throughout your presentation.

Organize your ideas before you start speaking.


LET’S WORK WITH ACTIVITIES 1 - 3

1) Someone knocks on Victoria’s door.


2) The salesman makes Victoria an offer.

3) The salesman uses some kind of magic power


4) Victoria understands who the man is.
5) Victoria realizes why her sister has had such good luck.
6) The salesman gives Victoria a way to contact him
SUGERENCIA:
Omitir la intro, dejar
solo las preguntas. • TONE & MOOD

Mood is defined as a feeling or emotion that is dominant


at any given time, so the mood of a story is the overall
feeling the reader gets.

The tone of a story is the writer’s attitude toward the


subject. In other words, a reader can determine how the
LET’S TALK writer feels about the topic by paying attention to how

ABOUT THE the writer writes.

TONE &
6) What feelings did you experience while reading the story?
MOOD 7) What words or phrases made you feel that way?

8) What adjectives and adverbs are used to describe the different


characters & situations?
LET’S WORK WITH ACTIVITY 4
• How does the narrator describe Victoria? (look at sentences a- -
b - g – h – k)

• How does the narrator describe the proposal? (look at


sentences c – e – i)

• How does the narrator describe the scene? (look at sentences d


– f – j)
• CONFLICT

Conflict is closely linked to the theme of a narrative, as


it motivates the characters and affects the plot. It
usually appears when the protagonist (main character)
faces an obstacle or hardship.

There are two main types of conflict: internal (a

LET’S TALK person’s struggle with themselves) and external (takes


place between different people or groups of people).

ABOUT
CONFLICT
9) What obstacles do the characters face?

10) Is the conflict internal or external?


• THEME

A literary theme is the main idea or underlying


meaning a writer explores in a novel or short
story. It’s an abstract concept that can be
embodied using characters, setting, dialogue,
plot, or a combination of all these elements.
LET’S TALK Some of the most common themes in literature

ABOUT are death, courage, abuse of power, aging, good


versus evil, the importance or power of love.
THEMES
11) What is the theme of the short story?
LET’S REVISE
• What are we reading? • GENRE
• What’s the story about? • PLOT
• When and where does it take place? • SETTING
• Who’s in the story? • CHARACTERS
• Who’s telling the story? • NARRATOR
• What do we feel when reading it? • TONE & MOOD
• What’s the underlying message? • THEMES
SHOW TIME
You’re going to watch a short animated film. Pay attention to the information and try to find
differences and similarities between between the short story and the film.

Think about the different items we have just studied:

• Characters

• Setting

• Plot

• Themes
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
• If you were in a hurry and someone knocked on the door,
would you open?

• What would you choose if you were offered the same as


Victoria?

• What could have made the devil’s offer more tempting?

• Do you think Victoria will eventually accept the devil’s offer?

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