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I Can. understand the basic elements of plot. SPI 0701.8.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of plot. Words to Know. Plot Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution/Denouement Setting Conflict Internal Conflict External Conflict.

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  1. I Can understand the basic elements of plot. SPI 0701.8.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of plot

  2. Words to Know • Plot • Exposition • Rising Action • Climax • Falling Action • Resolution/Denouement • Setting • Conflict • Internal Conflict • External Conflict

  3. Details that describe: Furniture Scenery Customs Transportation Clothing Dialects Weather Time of day Time of year Time in history Setting is Time and place are where the action occurs

  4. To create a mood or atmosphere To show a reader a different way of life To make action seem more real To be the source of conflict or struggle To symbolize an idea We left the home place behind, mile by slow mile, heading for the mountains, across the prairie where the wind blew forever. At first there were four of us with one horse wagon and its skimpy load. Pa and I walked, because I was a big boy of eleven. My two little sisters romped and trotted until they got tired and had to be boosted up to the wagon bed. That was no covered Conestoga, like Pa’s folks came West in, but just an old farm wagon, drawn by one weary horse, creaking and rumbling westward to the mountains, toward the little woods town where Pa thought he had an old uncle who owned a little two-bit sawmill. The Functions of a Setting Taken from “The Day the Sun Came Out” by D. Johnson

  5. Plot • What happens in the story • Beginning to end • All the related events that happened in a story

  6. What is it Not? • Plot is ……. • not just one event in the story • Not just the beginning of the story • Not just the end of the story

  7. The Elements of Plot • Plot is broken into 5 Basic Elements • Exposition • Rising Action • Climax • Falling Action • Resolution/Denouement

  8. Resolution Falling Action Climax Exposition Rising Action What Is Plot? Most plotshave five parts, which are like building blocks. Jen goes home happy. The team celebrates. The team makes it to finals—and wins! Her team loses a game, then wins five games. Jen wants her soccer team to win the state championship.

  9. Exposition • The beginning of the story • Setting – where the story takes place • Meet the characters • Introduced to the main conflict

  10. Plot Diagram 3 4 2 1 5

  11. Setting • the time and place where the story takes place • Described early in the story • Plays an important role in the story’s plot

  12. Rising Action • Builds up to the main event in the story • Usually contains conflicts or complications • Conflicts – struggle between opposing characters or forces • Internal Conflict – struggle in character’s mind • External Conflict – struggle against someone or something else

  13. Plot Diagram 3 4 2 1 5

  14. Climax • Story’s most emotional or suspenseful moment • The turning point in the story where the protagonist resolves the conflict • Usually occurs toward the end of the story

  15. Plot Diagram 3 4 2 1 5

  16. Falling Action • Occurs after the climax • Ties up loose end in the story

  17. Plot Diagram 3 4 2 1 5

  18. Resolution/Denouement • End of the story • Problems are solved • Details become clear • Denouement – the outcome of a sequence of events; the end result THE END

  19. Plot Diagram 3 4 2 1 5

  20. Putting It All Together

  21. Theme • SPI 0701.8.5 • I can identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text. • Textbook pg 236-238

  22. Theme • Is the truth about life that you discover from reading the story

  23. What is it not? • Theme is not… • The plot • The topic of the story

  24. Theme A central message, concern, or insight into life expressed through a literary work Can be expressed by one or two sentence statement about human beings or about life May be stated directly or implied Interpretation uncovers the theme

  25. Stated or Implied Theme • Most themes are stateddirectly in the reading by the author rather than being implied.  • When the theme is implied, the reader must figure out what the theme is by looking carefully at what the work reveals about people, about the relationships between people, and about life. 

  26. How can I find the theme? • What is the story’s title? Does it reveal anything special about the story? • What lesson did the character(s) learn? • How can I apply this to real life?

  27. Which one is theme? • A family travels to Alabama and faces hardships along the way. • Prejudice • Facing your fears is the only way to overcome them. • Happiness can be found in the joys of ordinary life.

  28. Themes for Stargirl • The importance of being yourself. • The importance of knowing what is really important.

  29. “The Three Little Pigs” We do together… • Diagram the plot elements of “The Three Little Pigs”

  30. You Do • Pick your favorite childhood story or movie • Create a plot diagram (labeling all plot elements) for the story

  31. Explore theme and plot • Read “Hearts and Hands” by O. Henry • Pages 239-242 • Identify the .. • Plot • Topic • Theme

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