24. A. Poe believed that good short stories require a single, unifying effect. Evaluate one of the stories in Unit 2 using Poe’s standard of unity. Do the descriptions, incidents, and images all contribute to the single effect of the story? Is there a single effect? Feel free to evaluate Poe’s own story.

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24.   A. Poe believed that good short stories require a single, unifying effect. Evaluate one of the stories in Unit 2 using Poe’s standard of unity. Do the descriptions, incidents, and images all contribute to the single effect of the story? Is there a single effect? Feel free to evaluate Poe’s own story.

anonymous · Answer

he had three main points as well:  length, the province, and the tone

(time)--pick a story he wrote. ask yourself these questions: was sitting through it 30min-1 maybe 1 and 1/2 hour? Or did you have to come back and continue reading another time? Poe stated that this could break totality of the story.



when you pick our your story detemine those other two things. was what the tone of his story? was the story staying on topic in one special interest? then ask if it made any sense to YOU. if it all fit together like a puzzle in your mind.