高中英语教学课件：2-Foreshadowing-After 20 years.ppt

After Twenty Years by O.HenryForeshadowing an ending ABOUT THE AUTHORO. HenryWilliam Sydney Porter(1862-1910)01. BIOGRAPHYan American short-story writer, little formal education, various job experience03.WRITING FOCUSmainly about the life of ordinary people in the New York City02.WRITING SKILLSexpressed the effect of coincidence on character through humour or ironic, and often had surprise endings04.MASTERPIECESThe Gift of the Magi (1905)The Last Leaf (1905)The Cop and the Anthem (1906)... PLOT STRUCTURE - After Twenty Years 1 Exposition Bobs Conversation with ____________ 2 Rising actionBobs Meeting with____________ 4 Falling Action5 ResolutionJimmys ________THE PLOTthe ____________ of Bob3 ClimaxSETTINGBobs Awareness that ____________________________.On a depeopled street on a windy and rainy night the Policeman“Jimmy Wells” Arrest Letterthe Man wasnt Jimmy Wells Read the last two paragraphs and think:●Why did Bobs hand tremble a little at last? ●Why couldt Jimmy do it himself? THE ENDING Lorem IpsumLorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Er Elit Lamet, Consectetaur Cillium Adipisicing Pecu.01Lorem IpsumLorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Er Elit Lamet, Consectetaur Cillium Adipisicing Pecu.03Lorem IpsumLorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Er Elit Lamet, Consectetaur Cillium Adipisicing Pecu.02Lorem Ipsum04Bob: I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar, I saw the face of a wanted man in Chicago. Somehow I couldnt do it myself, so I went around and got a plain-clothes man to do the job. JIMMY. The man from the West unfolded the little piece of paper. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by the time he had finished. The note was rather short. Can you find any details that foreshadow the ending? Foreshadowing is a writing technique used to signal happenings in the future. So it often provides hints or clues for plot developments. Foreshadowing - describing the environment ..., but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of