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StoryClassification

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Story Classification

 

Task

 

Choose 8 of your LeadingSentences and classify their potential stories using the following list.

 

Plot Type - Comma-Delimited Main Characters

  • Supplication - Persecutor, Suppliant, a Power in Authority
  • Deliverance - Unfortunates, Threatener, Rescuer
  • Revenge - Avenger, Criminal
  • Vengeance by Family upon Family - Avenging Kinsman, Guilty Kinsman, Relative
  • Pursuit - Fugitive from Punishment, Pursuer
  • Victim of Cruelty or Misfortune - Unfortunates, Master or Unlucky Person
  • Disaster - Vanquished Power, Victorious Power or Messenger
  • Revolt - Tyrant, Conspirator(s)
  • Daring Enterprise - Bold Leader, Goal, Adversary
  • Abduction - Abductor, Abducted, Guardian
  • Enigma - Interrogator, Seeker, Problem
  • Obtaining - Two or more Opposing Parties, Object, maybe an Arbitrator
  • Familial Hatred - Two Family Members who hate each other
  • Familial Rivalry - Preferred Kinsman, Rejected Kinsman, Object
  • Murderous Adultery - Two Adulterers, the Betrayed
  • Madness - Madman, Victim
  • Fatal Imprudence - Imprudent person, Victim or lost object
  • Involuntary Crimes of Love - Lover, Beloved, Revealer
  • Kinsman Kills Unrecognised Kinsman - Killer, Unrecognised Victim, Revealer
  • Self Sacrifice for an Ideal - Hero, Ideal, Person or Thing Sacrificed
  • Self Sacrifice for Kindred - Hero, Kinsman, Person or Thing Sacrificed
  • All Sacrificed for Passion - Lover, Object of Passion, Person or Thing Sacrificed
  • Sacrifice of Loved Ones - Hero, Beloved Victim, Need for Sacrifice
  • Rivalry Between Superior and Inferior - Superior, Inferior, Object
  • Adultery - Deceived Spouse, Two Adulterers
  • Crimes of Love - Lover, Beloved, theme of Dissolution
  • Discovery of Dishonor of a Loved One - Discoverer, Guilty One
  • Obstacles to Love - Two Lovers, Obstacle
  • An Enemy Loved - Beloved Enemy, Lover, Hater
  • Ambition - An Ambitious Person, Coveted Thing, Adversary
  • Conflict with a God - Mortal, Immortal
  • Mistaken Jealousy - Jealous One, Object of Jealousy, Supposed Accomplice, Author of Mistake
  • Faulty Judgment - Mistaken One, Victim of Mistake, Author of Mistake, Guilty Person
  • Remorse - Culprit, Victim, Interrogator
  • Recovery of a Lost One - Seeker, One Found
  • Loss of Loved Ones - Kinsman Slain, Kinsman Witness, Executioner

 

Constraints

  • Use one plot type per sentence.
  • Avoid duplicate plot types.
  • Do not name your characters.

 

Response

 

The still night broke with a death rattle that wandered through the hallways of the ancient mansion.

Vengeance by Family upon Family - Avenging Kinsman, Guilty Kinsman, Relative

 

Sharlene always knew that she would die a lonely spinster; she just didn't realize how sharp the emptiness would be.

Victim of Cruelty or Misfortune - Unfortunates, Master or Unlucky Person

 

Although the 42nd President was one of the most hated, he was also one of the most respected for his unwavering vision.

Madness - Madman, Victim

 

There are millions of births and deaths each day - maybe it's hundreds - but on any day people are born and people die.

Conflict with a God - Mortal, Immortal

 

A chill breeze blew across the prairie, the first signs of winter on it's gusty breath.

Self Sacrifice for Kindred - Hero, Kinsman, Person or Thing Sacrificed

 

There are things in the night, things out of sight, things that crawl near in the depths of our fear.

Supplication - Persecutor, Suppliant, a Power in Authority

 

Beatrice had never believed in love at first sight until he strolled in on a warm summer's night.

Obstacles to Love - Two Lovers, Obstacle

 

High noon came and went, but Buckshot Benny was nowhere to be seen.

Loss of Loved Ones - Kinsman Slain, Kinsman Witness, Executioner

 

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