Scope and Sequence Reading Skills/Short Stories Great American Short Stories: Wallace and Mary Stegner, The Mentor Book of Major American Poets (Oscar Williams and Edwin Honig), The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway), The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane), The Pearl (John Steinbeck) Literary Elements: Character study, conflict, flat characters, round characters, crisis, outlines, elements of fiction, setting, plot, foreshadowing, irony, themes, outcome Narrative Techniques: Supporting your answer, point of view (first person narrative, omniscient author, third person objective), main character, interpretation, allegory, figurative meaning Story Structure: Novella, character development, plot development, topics, reference books, stream-of-consciousness, compare and contrast, comparison Essays Rhetorical Techniques: Compare and contrast, extended definitions, argument and persuasion, expository writing, research papers Essay Structure: Topics, subtopics, conclusions, coherence, transitional devices, concluding paragraphs, introductory paragraph, evidence, first body paragraphs, outlines, supportive topics, thesis statements Poetry Poetic Devices: Personification, imagery, metaphors, comparisons, similes, syntax and form, moods Poetic Forms: Sonnets, iambic pentameter, sestets, tercets, quatrains Poetry Elements: Topics, stanzas, rhyme groups, abstractions, symbolism