This is one of the possible [[assignments for fiction]] you can choose. It would be good to follow up with [[Emulating Story Structure]]. *(T2: Reading)* 1. First, learn all about the idea of [[structure in fiction]]. 2. Then (re)read one of the [[mentor texts for fiction]] (or find one of your own). 3. Describe one or more dimensions of the *structure* of the story in your own words. *Some things to think about:* “Where” (not necessarily literally) is the main character or narrator at the end of the story as compared to at the beginning, and how did they get there? “Where” is the reader’s mind at, at the end of the story as compared to the beginning? What overall “shape” does the story have? How does the author structure the passage of *time* in the story? Refer to specific parts of the story, and provide examples from the text to show how you made your analysis. Get ideas for vocabulary to use and what kinds of elements to look for, by referring to our resources on the structure in fiction. (You can look stuff up and come up with stuff on your own too, of course!) Remember, this assignment is about the [structure or “shape” of the story, not things like theme, message, tone, characters or plot](https://drive.google.com/file/d/13R2g-rs7oDM9kdSy82lS0BpY8N9eMW6D/view?usp=sharing). As the progresses from beginning to end, think about what happens in *generic* terms to the progression of the narrative? Does it go from one point in the past to a later time, or is there a different chronological pattern? Does the character go from a bad situation to a worse one to a better one, or is it some other sequence? Does the character go from naive to wise? By what path? Is the shape of the story something like “obstacle appears, character retreats, character regroups, obstacle reappears, character triumphs?” or some other variation on that? There could be any number of ways to describe the shape of any given story—that’s what you play around with and figure out for this particular assignment.