After reading Amy Tan’s "Mother Tongue"
Discuss
- Setting: Consider the setting of a creative nonfiction story. Where is the story set? How does the author describe the setting? At what point in the story do they describe the setting? Which senses are used when describing the setting (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste, feeling)? What metaphors, similes, or surprising word choices (called diction) does the author use when describing the setting?
- Characterization: Who are the major characters in the story? What are their names? What do we know about these characters? Does one character seem to be the hero or protagonist of the story? Who or what seems to be the villain or antagonist in the story? Do characters change or develop over the course of the story? If so, how so?
- Plot: Summarize the story in one or two sentences. What happens in the story? What is the conflict of the story? Another way to answer this question: does anything bad happen to the characters in the story? If so, describe the challenges the characters face. Now go deeper. How is the story structured? How is the passage of time represented? Is the story chronological (linear) or does it jump around in time (nonlinear)?
- Title: Why do you think the author chose the title they did for this story? In what ways might the title reflect deeper themes or meanings in the story?
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