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“Stop the Sun” Literary Terminology. A LOVELY GUIDE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PLOT, SYMBOLISM, PROTAGONIST, AND ANTAGONIST WITH HARRY POTTER AS OUR REFERENCE!.
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“Stop the Sun”Literary Terminology A LOVELY GUIDE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PLOT, SYMBOLISM, PROTAGONIST, AND ANTAGONIST WITH HARRY POTTER AS OUR REFERENCE!
The PLOT of a story is the arrangement of ideas and or incidents that makes up a story. Particularly as they relate to each other in pattern or sequence. • The "why" for the things that happen in the story • The plot draws the reader into the character's lives and helps the reader understand the choices that the characters make. Think of the PLOT as the “meat and potatoes” of the story. This is what makes the story what it is. PLOT
Set-up (exposition, entry, beginning) • Introduces all the characters, and the setting. • Rising Action: • Introduction of the conflict • Character understands goal and starts working towards it • Climax: • Major event, turning point, big decision. • Struggle • Falling Action: • Loose ends are tied up. • Resolution: • Ending • What happened and WHY • “Winner” The terms for the plot of the story vary, but the idea is always the same PLOT
EXPOSITION • RISING ACTION • CLIMAX • FALLING ACTION • RESOLUTION In your notes please map out the PLOT with a partner! Plot of HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer’s Stone
PROTAGONIST: The most important character in a work (story). • ANTAGONIST: A major character in a work (story) whose values or behavior are in conflict with those of the protagonist or hero. Protagonist/Antagonist
Can you identify who the PROTAGONIST & ANTAGONISTare in “Stop the Sun”?
There are four types of potential CONFLICTS in a story: • Man vs. Man • Man vs. Self • Man vs. Nature • Man vs. Society • Which type(s) of conflict can be seen in Harry Potter? • What about in “Stop the Sun”? Conflict