Sample Styles

Topic: My story will be about the different wicked stepmothers in fairy tales. I plan to tell the story of four different fairy tales where the stepmother is the evil one. One of the stories that I will probably use is The Rose Tree. This is the story that first caught my attention on the subject of stepmothers. Another story that I might use would be Rushen Coatie. Both stories tell of the horrible things that the stepmothers would do to their stepchildren.

Bibliography: 
1. The Rose-Tree-  from the English Fairy Tales (1) unit.
Story source: English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890).
2. Rushen Coatie- form the English Fairy Tales (2) unit.
Story source: More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1894).

Possible Styles:

1. First-Person Style: I think this would be a good one to use for my story. I would want to change them to where they came from the point of view of the stepmothers. It would be interesting to tell the stories from their point of view to where they would have to defend what they have done. .

2. Courtroom style: I was thinking about maybe making these stories as if the stepmothers had to defend themselves in court. I think it would be fun to have them set up as if they were on trial for their horrible deeds. They would have to convince a jury and judge that their actions were justified. They would have to answer questions and try to show that they did nothing wrong.

3. Diary Style: This would be a fun one because the characters would only have to tell what their true thoughts are. The only audience that this would be meant for would be the stepmothers and therefore it could give a more accurate account of how they really feel about their stepchildren and how they really feel about how they treat everyone else. This would give you their innermost thoughts that weren't meant for anyone else.

4. News reporting style: This topic would also be a fun one to do because I could write it in a third-person style. It would also be a good way to connect all the stories together. One person would be telling the four different stories as if they were reporting the current crimes in the news. I could tell it like it was a special crime type of newspaper and it could tell all about the worst crimes in the Fairytale kingdom and maybe even give an account as to where the stepmothers are now.

Newspaper. Wikimedia Commons