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In order to develop and understand fictional
stories, several characteristics must be
acknowledged, such as the story’s:
-Plot
-Characterization
-Setting
-Point of View
-Style
-Figures of Speech
-Myth
-Theme
Important questions one may ask about fiction
include:
1)
Whose voice is speaking?
2)
What is the nature of the voice?
3)
What plot strategy has the writer chosen?
4)
How does setting help reveal
characters
and theme?
5)
Etc., etc., etc.
Genre fiction is a term for fictional works written
with the intent of fitting into a specific literary
genre in order to appeal to reader and fans.
All fiction is generic, but genre fiction is overtly and
intentionally so.
Example: Horror novels include
suspense,
fast-pace, action,conspiracy,
and
psychological tricks.
Which brings us to…
Sorry, Wrong Number
Definition: The pattern of events or main story
in a narrative or drama
In fiction, the plot strategy includes several
components such as the chronological order of
the story, sources of conflict, resolution vs.
open-ended outline, and flashback and
foreshadowing.
We are only focusing on PLOT from this
fictional story
PRESENTS:
Brings You.... LUCILE FLETCHERS STORY
Lucille Fletcher is author of Sorry, Wrong Number, a radio
screenplay that was expanded into an 89 minute film in 1948.
Sorry Wrong Number was one of her most popular fictional
plays, hence the idea to make it into a movie.
"I like to take an agonizing situation which is baffling and
haunting, in which a sympathetic leading character is endlessly
in doubt, tortured by circumstance, and then see what
happens," Fletcher told the Washington Post in 1963
(http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/05/local/me-15596)
This short story was included in a book called Stories Not for
the Nervous by Alfred Hitchcock.
PLOT GRAPH
VIDEO:Hitchcock Classic Introducti
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Step 1 of Plot:
(or Exposition) is the background information on
the characters and setting explained at the
beginning of the story.
In Sorry, Wrong Number, we find Mrs. Stevensona central character- in bed sick making a phone
call to her husband who is late coming home. The
phone at this point is her sole connection to the
outside world.
I. Book Excerpt
. 287 – 288
PG
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Sm7jLNtmU
Step 2 of Plot:
Is the series of events that lead to the climax of the story,
usually the conflict or struggles of the protagonist
In Sorry, Wrong Number, the rising action begins when
Mrs. Stevenson overhears the conversation about a
murder that is to take place at 11:15 that night. She is
afraid for her life and home alone…she begins to worry
and freak out. She begins to unravel important
information about her husbands dealings…and the plot
thickens.
II. Book Excerpt
PG
. 299-300
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Step 3 of Plot:
A moment of great intensity in the literary work,
which generally brings events to a head and leads to
the conclusion…OR leaves the story unresolved,
which is known as and open-ended story.
In Sorry, Wrong Number, the climax occurs when
Mrs. Stevenson pieces all the information together
from her phone conversations of the evening and
realizes there are plans to kill someone specific. I
wonder who the victim is…
III. Book Excerpt
. 362-363
PG
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References
Barnard, B., & Winn, D. (2006). Access literature: An introduction to fiction, poetry, and
drama. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth.
Hitchcock, A. (1965). Alfred Hitchcock presents stories not for the
nervous. New York: Random House.
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Wallis, H. B., Litvack, A., Fletcher, L., Stanwyck, B., Lancaster, B., Richards,
A., et al. (2002). Sorry, wrong number. Hollywood, CA: Paramount.
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