English 9

After reading the story "The Sea Devil" answer the following questions:

 

1. What is a dilemma? Describe a recent dilemma you have had to deal with (2-3 sentences).

2. Identify the following parts of the stories' plot:

• the complicating incident (p.256—Glossary of terms)

• a single crisis

• the climax

• the resolution

     3. Review the section on conflict in your handout titled, The Five Basic Elements of the Short Story. Write 2-3 paragraphs that relates a recent brush with danger or death. After writing, identify what type of conflict (either external or internal) your story is and also identify the kind of conflict your story most resembles (man vs. man, man vs. circumstance, man vs. society, man vs. himself/herself).