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BelovedCulminating Task

Central Question

In what ways does a person’s past have power over their present?

Select one of the following prompts:

  1. Write a fictional story with an element of the uncanny.

  2. Write a fictional story about someone who is haunted by a memory of their past.

  3. Write a fictional story about someone who is haunted by the consequences of their past actions.

Purposefully analyze and apply elements of author’s craft to write a narrative short story that does the following:

  • employs narrative shift (changes in narrative point of view)

  • includes at least one example of nonlinear sequencing (flashback)

  • successfully establishes a theme that serves as an underlying message or big idea about life and the human experience

  • employs masterful use of language and style

  • uses literary techniques, such as imagery, to develop experiences, events, and characters

  • successfully establishes an appropriate mood