Briefly describe poe’s requirements for the short story genre.

1. Be able to be read in one sitting.  Poe defined this as being from one-half hour to one or two hours.

2. Strive for unity of effect.  Poe believed the aim of the short story was to create a mood, an ambience, or as he called it, an “effect.” 

3. Begin with the first sentence.  Poe insisted that the effect should be created from the very first line.

4. Have nothing in it that detracts from the design. The story should lead directly and inevitably to the conclusion without excess or digressive material.

5. Aim for truth.  He believed that the story should remain true to the way people really act in a given situation, true to the human heart.

6. Stress imagination, invention, creation and originality. 

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.

what statement is most clearly an example of logos?