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What is plot?

What is plot?. Series of events in a story. . The plot pyramid is used to help organize the plot structure in a short story. exposition. introduces character and setting. rising action. complications are added to the plot. climax. point of highest emotion in story. falling action.

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What is plot?

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  1. What is plot? Series of events in a story. The plot pyramid is used to help organize the plot structure in a short story.

  2. exposition • introduces character and setting

  3. rising action • complications are added to the plot

  4. climax • point of highest emotion in story

  5. falling action • the action that follows the climax

  6. Resolution (denouement) • all complications are resolved

  7. conflict • problem between character and opposing force man v. man man v. society

  8. Types of conflict external conflict - when a character struggles with an outside force. examples: man v. man, man v. nature, man v. society, man v. the supernatural, man v. machine internal conflict - when a character struggles within himself. example: man v. himself

  9. suspense • growing curiosity

  10. foreshadowing clues that something may happen

  11. protagonist character that drives the plot in the story

  12. antagonist character who causes complications with main character

  13. personification Giving human qualities to nonhuman objects.

  14. theme A theme is a lesson learned - the hidden message or point the author is trying to get across in writing

  15. Simile A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things using like or as

  16. Metaphor A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things

  17. review 1 3 2 4 6 5 Review….another way

  18. plot project 1. Pick a 30-minute sitcom or hour-long drama & watch it. As you are watching the show, make note of the elements of plot in the show. If there are 2 plot lines in the story, pick one to follow. 2. Make a poster of the plot pyramid of your show. It needs to be pretty! Decorate with pictures, drawings, etc. related to the show. 3. Present poster & plot info to class September 16th. • Although they are great shows, you may not watch Seinfeld or Friends. Also, no reality shows! • If you chose a cartoon, it needs to be a 30 minute long show (like Simpsons or Family Guy – not Sponge Bob or Looney Tunes) • The subject material in the show needs to be school appropriate.

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