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The Dinner Party

"The Dinner Party" by Mona Gardner unfolds in a refined, tense atmosphere as guests gather for an elegant evening meal. Set against a backdrop of a colonial-style home, the story explores themes of gender dynamics and societal expectations in a time when traditional roles were still prevalent. As the plot unfolds, the reader witnesses a subtle conflict revealed through a seemingly benign dinner conversation. The climax occurs when an unexpected incident turns the ordinary gathering into a moment of revelation, leading to a thought-provoking resolution about human nature and instincts.

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The Dinner Party

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  1. Information Page Condensing an entire story into a short outline

  2. Fill in the obvious: I- Title: “The Dinner Party” II- Author: Mona Gardner III- TOW: short story

  3. Setting and Background Think about when and where the story takes place. Is the setting around a certain time period or could it take place anytime? Does it have to take place during a certain type of weather? A certain time of day? A certain amount of hours?

  4. Social Setting who else is involved or around? What is important about the time or location the cannot be overlooked and is necessary to the story? What about customs of the time or place?

  5. Main Characters Who are the “Stars” of the story? Antagonists Protagonists (the “good guys”) the “bad” guys or villains

  6. The Plot Exposition: the set up This includes the background information we need. The exposition ends at the inciting incident or initial incident.

  7. Initial Incident This gets the action going for this story. Something happens to start the action.

  8. Conflict (and rising action) This is the problem of the story. If there is no conflict, there is no story!

  9. Climax This is the turning point of the story. (This is where Mrs. Bianco would insert the last set of commercials if she were making this story into a TV episode.)

  10. Resolution How does it all turn out?? How is the problem resolved?

  11. And there you have it!! Organize it into an outline and voila! I- Title: II- Author: III- TOW: IV-Setting: A- Physical: 1- Time: 2- Place: B- Social: V- Main characters:

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