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A ___MASK99___ is a piece of prose fiction that can be read in one sitting . Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century , the ___MASK99___ has grown to encompass a body of ___MASK46___ so diverse as to defy easy characterization . At its most prototypical the ___MASK99___ features a small cast of named characters , and focuses on a self - contained incident with the intent of evoking a " single effect " or mood . In doing so , short stories make use of plot , resonance , and other dynamic components to a far greater degree than is typical of an anecdote , yet to a far lesser degree than a novel . While the ___MASK99___ is largely distinct from the novel , authors of both generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques . Yoknapatawpha ___MASK96___ is a fictional ___MASK96___ created by the American author William Faulkner , based upon and inspired by Lafayette ___MASK96___ , Mississippi , and its ___MASK39___ of Oxford , Mississippi . Faulkner would often refer to Yoknapatawpha ___MASK96___ as " my apocryphal ___MASK96___ ". From " Sartoris " onwards , Faulkner would set all but three of his novels in the ___MASK96___ (" Soldiers ' Pay ", " ___MASK25___ ", " The Wild Palms " and " A Fable " were set elsewhere ), as well as over 50 of his stories in Yoknapatawpha ___MASK96___ . " Absalom , Absalom !" includes a map of Yoknapatawpha ___MASK96___ drawn by Faulkner . ___MASK30___ is the ___MASK61___ for any story or universe derived from imagination  in other words , not based strictly on ___MASK28___ or fact . ___MASK30___ can be expressed in a variety of formats , including writings , live performances , films , television programs , animations , video games , and role - playing games , though the term originally and most commonly refers to the narrative forms of literature ( see " literary " fiction ), including the novel , novella , short story , and ___MASK34___ . ___MASK30___ constitutes an act of creative invention , so that faithfulness to reality is not typically assumed ; in other words , fiction is not expected to present only characters who are actual people or descriptions that are factually true . The context of fiction is generally open to interpretation , due to fiction ' s freedom from any necessary embedding in reality ; however , some fictional works are claimed to be , or marketed as , historically or factually accurate , complicating the traditional distinction between fiction and non - fiction . ___MASK30___ is a ___MASK61___ or category , rather than a specific mode or genre , unless used in a narrower sense as a synonym for a particular literary fiction form . ___MASK89___ is a form of language that exhibits a grammatical structure and a natural flow of speech , rather than a rhythmic structure as in traditional poetry . Where the common unit of verse is based on meter or rhyme , the common unit of ___MASK89___ is purely grammatical , such as a sentence or ___MASK20___ . Soldiers ' Pay is the first ___MASK48___ published by the American author William Faulkner . It was originally published by Boni & Liveright on ___MASK9___ ___MASK95___ , 1926 . It is unclear if Soldiers ' Pay is the first ___MASK48___ written by Faulkner . It is however the first ___MASK48___ published by the author . Faulkner was working on two manuscripts while finishing Soldiers ' Pay . Absalom , Absalom ! is a ___MASK48___ by the American author William Faulkner , first published in 1936 . Taking place before , during , and after the Civil ___MASK64___ , it is a story about ___MASK63___ families of the American South , with a focus on the life of Thomas Sutpen . Lafayette ___MASK96___ is a ___MASK96___ in the U . S . state of Mississippi . As of the 2010 ___MASK86___ , the population was 47 , 351 . Its ___MASK96___ seat is Oxford . The local pronunciation of the name is " la - FAY - et ". The ___MASK96___ ' s name honors Marquis de Lafayette , a French ___MASK41___ ___MASK76___ and American general who fought during the American Revolutionary War . Sartoris is a ___MASK48___ , first published in 1929 , by the American author William Faulkner . It portrays the decay of the Mississippi aristocracy following the social upheaval of the American Civil ___MASK64___ . The 1929 edition is an abridged version of Faulkner ' s original ___MASK46___ . The full text was published in 1973 as " Flags in the Dust ". Faulkner ' s great - grandfather William Clark Falkner , himself a colonel in the American Civil ___MASK64___ , served as the model for Colonel John Sartoris . Faulkner also fashioned other characters in the book on local people from his hometown Oxford . His friend Ben Wasson was the model for Horace Benbow , while Faulkner ' s brother Murry served as the antetype for young Bayard Sartoris . Oxford is a ___MASK93___ in , and the ___MASK39___ of , Lafayette County , Mississippi , United States . Founded in 1837 , it was named after the British ___MASK59___ ___MASK93___ of Oxford in hopes of having the state ___MASK59___ located there , which it did successfully attract . William Cuthbert Faulkner ( ___MASK8___ ___MASK95___ , 1897  July 6 , 1962 ) was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford , Mississippi . Faulkner wrote novels , short stories , a ___MASK34___ , poetry , essays , and screenplays . He is primarily known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County , based on Lafayette County , Mississippi , where he spent most of his life . `` A Rose for Emily '' is a ___MASK99___ by American author William Faulkner first published in the April 30 , 1930 issue of The Forum . The story takes place in Faulkner ' s fictional city , Jefferson , Mississippi , in the fictional county of Yoknapatawpha County . It was Faulkner ' s first ___MASK99___ published in a national magazine . An anecdote is a brief , revealing ___MASK37___ of an individual person or an ___MASK98___ . Often humorous , anecdotes differ from jokes because their primary purpose is not simply to provoke laughter , but to reveal a truth more general than the brief tale itself , such as to characterize a person by delineating a specific quirk or trait , to communicate an abstract idea about a person , place , or thing through the concrete details of a short narrative . An anecdote is " a story with a point ." A ___MASK48___ is a long ___MASK91___ , normally in ___MASK89___ , which describes fictional characters and events , usually in the form of a sequential story . Storytelling is the social and cultural ___MASK94___ of ___MASK42___ stories , often with improvisation , theatrics , or embellishment . Stories or narratives have been shared in every ___MASK75___ as a means of ___MASK88___ , education , cultural preservation and instilling moral values . Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include plot , characters and ___MASK91___ ___MASK14___ of view . The term ' storytelling ' is used in a narrow sense to refer specifically to oral storytelling and also in a looser sense to refer to techniques used in other media to unfold or disclose the ___MASK91___ of a story . Mississippi is a ___MASK32___ in the southern region of the United States , with ___MASK27___ of its southern ___MASK82___ formed by the Gulf of Mexico . Its western ___MASK82___ is formed by the Mississippi River .