Plot Literary Response on Little Red Riding Hood

Essay for ENG 130: Literary Response for Plot
This assignment focuses on your ability to: learn how to identify the plot devices of a piece of
literature; craft your own creative piece with similar plot devices.
The purpose of completing this assignment is: as a student and a career professional, you will
need to read and summarize many different forms of literature. Very often, you will need to report out
on those summaries. This is a good practice in developing those skills!
Prompt (What are you writing about?)
• After reading the stories in the unit, select one story to write an analysis of the plot on. Please
answer the following questions about that short short story or fairy tale in one paragraph:
What is the plot of the story and how clear is that plot? How does the plot influence the
overall story?
• Both “The Invisible String” and “Swan of the Gods” deal with the question of what connects
us to other people and to the universe? Be it strings we cannot see or stars that we each look
at throughout time, connections are one of the main things that drive human interactions and
help us navigate the world.
o Create your own work of fiction with a clear plot or sequence of events that focuses
on the invisible or visible connections that exist in the world. The story should be no
more than 500 words in length. You may organize the story into however many
paragraphs you would like, but please make sure not to go over 500 words. The
subject of your story is entirely up to you, but please make sure it is appropriate for
an academic setting. Your story should have a main character, a simple conflict,
and some form of a resolution.
Instructions (how to get it done):
• Write your response that details the prompt above. Be sure to analyze one of the short
short stories or fairy tales. Then, create your own story.