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托福听力练习:短故事

2021-02-19来源:互联网

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  托福听力练习:短故事

  Yesterday we talked about the anecdote.

  Today we're going to move on to one of the most popular literary forms in Western literature the short story.

  A short story is a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.

  Although it's similar to the anecdote, it's really a separate literary form.

  You'll remember that the anecdote's sole purpose is to entertain, and that it does this by relating a curiousor interesting event.

  Well, there are also events in short stories, but the short story uses the event as something a character reacts to the reader's interest is captured by the effect that this event has on the character in the story.

  We're even likely to reread a short story to better understand the character who is being portrayed and why acertain event led to a certain response or action.

  A short story, though, is not just a short novel.

  A novel is narrative it tells a detailed story that usually takes place over a long period of time.

  A short story is less comprehensive than a novel, and the focus is on a character's mental reaction to an experience this reaction is the heart of the short story.

  Now I want you to think back to the short story you read for homework and I'll give you a list of questions to think about.

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