Old Man and the Sea Reading Due Monday, 6/3: Pages 68-94
Last sentence: "Then it spread like a cloud . . . "
Author Imitation Assignment
Prep: Create a 4 quadrant chart in which you write down the following information for Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Faulkner
Location(s)
Types of Characters
Common Themes
Stylistic Observations
A defining Quotation
This will be turned in along with your Rough Draft and Final Copy of your Author Imitation Essay.
Rough Draft Due 6/6 (Please put your name only on the back of the last page)
Final Copy Due 6/7
Your task is to write a short story in the style of one of the major 4 Modern American authors we have studied this semester. You have randomly been assigned your author based on your last name. If you want to switch with someone with another author, you both must come in and get my formal permission to switch authors.
The alphabet breakdown:
A-Dan: Hemingway
Dav-Krieg: Faulker
Lay-Riv: Fitzgerald
Ro-Yeh: Steinback
Your short story should be between 2-3 pages in length (hopefully closer to 3.) You must imitate your author in regards to:
- Subject matter
- Setting
- Characters
- Themes
- Style (diction, syntax, figurative language, etc.)
Other students will be reading your story and attempting to guess which author you are imitating. Therefore, give your story a real (and hopefully significant title) as opposed to calling it “Hemingway imitation story.” Also, this is why for your rough draft, you name should occur only on the back of the last page.
