Learning by Writing: Synopsis | The Assignment: Writing a Synopsis of a Story by Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin was a nineteenth-century American writer whose female characters search for identity and freedom from oppression. Write a synopsis of two to three hundred words of Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour.” Keep your synopsis of the plot true to the original, noting accurate details in time order.

DISCOVERY CHECKLIST

  • What are the major events and details of the story?
  • In what time order do events take place?
  • How are the story’s parts related (without adding interpretations)?
  • Which of the author’s words might you want to quote?