The first time you read the short stories for this class, you will be doing what is considered passive reading—reading the story with an open mind. Perhaps you will flag things that stood out to you, or that raised questions. You may jot down unfamiliar words to look up later. Mainly, though, you read to locate main ideas that help you follow the story. One way a reader stays connected to the main idea of the story is through keywords. Authors will purposefully use and repeat keywords, phrases, and even dialogue throughout their writing to emphasize an important idea or concept. Repetition of a keyword or phrase may also occur through use of synonyms, such as using "sightless" or "loss of vision" as synonymous with "blind." Annotating keywords, phrases, and sentences can help us understand the literary elements of a short story, such as plot, character, setting, diction, or theme. You were introduced to these literary terms in Week 1. For this homework assignment, you will reread and annotate the story you chose for Week 2, Discussion 1. You will locate keywords, sentences, phrases, dialogue etc. that signal the literary elements of the short story. You should read closely and carefully, noting words or synonyms that repeatedly draw your attention to the literary elements of theme, plot, character, and setting. In a printed book, you may underline or highlight them. You may also write notes to yourself in the margins. In a PDF, you may be using the markup tools or comment features. There is no exact, "right way" of annotating a particular story; like the writing process, the close reading process is yours to individualize. If you prefer to print out the story on paper, annotate it by hand, and then upload a picture or scan of the paper, that submission would be perfectly fine as well.In short, by reading the story more than once and annotating it, you are engaging in active reading, which will improve your experience as a reader. You will comprehend more, remember more, react more, and possibly visualize more. The reason to annotate is to become an active reader. Directions: You may either type your responses to 1 and 2 within the LEO textbox or create a Word Doc which contains the responses for 1 and 2. 1. Identify three of the following literary elements in the story, and explain how you recognize them: plot character setting theme 2. Choose just one of the literary elements that you discussed in Question 1 and list 10 keywords in the story that relate to that element. 3. Annotate at least one section of the story that elucidates that literary element (from question 2). Take a screenshot (or a picture, if you're using a print version) of your annotated section(s) of the story. Save it as a PDF or JPG, and upload it to the Assignments area of the classroom.

Choose one still from the film, Psycho, and upload the still for us to see and analyze the basic elements of the mise-en-scène.  Use the questions below to analyze how the basic elements of mise-en-scène contribute to the visual style and story content of a film.  For a close analysis, it is best to pick a single image. Begin by thinking about the overall effect of the mise-en-scène in the image. What do you learn about the story and characters—without the use of dialogue?  What emotional effect does the mise-en-scène have on you?  Now, focus on ONE area below and discuss (the set, costume/makeup/hair, blocking and performance, or lights). 3-1 The Set Take note of the interior and exterior architecture, furnishings, and props in the scenes.What larger location for the story is suggested by these elements?What time period is evoked?What does the set tell you about the characters’ personal lives and interests, working conditions, or social and economic status?Does the set design represent an imaginary place and, if so, how might this be connected to a larger creative argument?Is the set deliberately theatrical or artificial, and why?Are there any key props in the scene, and how are they used? Do they provide clues to the action or have symbolic meaning? 3-2 Costumes, Makeup, and Hair If you are familiar with the off-screen look of the actors in this scene, how have they been transformed by wardrobe, makeup, and hair?What can you tell about a character’s social standing, occupation, and attitude toward life from his or her appearance?Does the character change over the course of the film, and what role does costume, makeup, and hair play in commenting on this transformation? 3-3 Blocking and Performance Where are the characters sitting or standing in relationship to one another? What does this positioning tell you?If the characters move around the scene, what meanings do those movements convey?Does one character visually dominate the scene?Do any of the human figures function purely as design elements in the scene? If so, what role do they play in the larger meaning of the scene? 3-4 The Lights Does the lighting direct your eyes to a certain figure or object?Has the filmmaker used under lighting or top lighting to dramatic effect?Are there sharp contrasts between light and dark areas in the frame?Is a character shown in hard or in soft light?Does the scene appear to have been shot in natural light, and is that choice an aspect of the film’s meaning? Here is a example: Let’s look at how various design elements work together in a single image from an early scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 suspense film Psycho. This shot is from an encounter between Norman Bates, the lonely psychopath and proprietor of a motel that has seen better days, and Marion crane, an unlucky guest who will soon be killed by Norman. The scene is set in the parlor adjoining the motel office where the two meet for a snack; they discuss Norman’s hobby, taxidermy. It seems at first an innocuous little conversation between a shy young man and an attractive woman who is clearly out of his league. But there is more to this little conversation than meets the eye, as implied by the mise-en-scène. A close reading of this shot tells us a lot about Norman and foreshadows his next, rather unhappy encounter with Marion in the bathroom of her motel room.https://ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?deploymentId=5677062231652711641112541260&eISBN=9781305410404&id=475406768&nbId=1159050&snapshotId=1159050& The picture that I upload is for the example.