The Story of An Hour

Kate Chopin, 1851-1901
Often wrote about problems facing women in society.
Wrote over 100 short stories and 1 novel, The Awakening

Setting: The action takes place in a single hour in an American home in the last decade of the 19th century

Key vocabulary words:

elusive - hard to express or define
tumultuously- noisily, in and agitated manner
exalted - elevated
elixir - a substance with the power to cure all ills
importunities - annoyances, bothersome things

As I read aloud, mark all of the literary devices that you recognize. (For example, metaphor, simile, symbolism...) If you see something that looks like figurative language and you don't know the name, mark that too. Consider the effects of these literary devices on the reader and the development of the plot. We'll talk more...