UNIT: Plot and Setting

1. UNIT: Plot and Setting Work with your teams to answer the questions! The team with the highest amount of points wins! Take notes as we go through the information- Cornell notes, please! Focus: How do authors develop time and sequence?

2. 1 point • Draw an outline of a plot diagram on your whiteboard.

3. plot: a chain of related events Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows the a causal arrangement of events and actions within a story.

4. 1 point • What are three things revealed in the EXPOSITION of a plot? • S_________g • C_________t • Ch________s • Exposition: setting, conflict, and characters are revealed.

5. 1 points • At what point in the plot do all of the events start happening? • Two words: _________ _________

6. 1 point • Give a synonym for the most exciting part of the plot.

7. Switch-a-Roo! • The two lowest teams can change points with any team. Haha!

8. 1 point • Give a synonym for the end of the story.

9. 1 point • There is another word (it’s French) for the resolution of the plot: d___________t (spelling counts!) • denouement

10. 1 point • What is it called when everything in the plot starts falling into place? • “falling action”

11. 1 point • Give example for both an internal conflict and an external conflict. • Both must be correct to get the points!

12. Conflict Conflict is the dramatic struggle between two forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no plot.

13. Types of Conflict • External Conflicts: • man vs. man • man vs. nature • man vs. society Internal Conflict: 1. man vs. self

14. 1 point • The setting of a story can make you feel a certain way- this is described as: M________ (mood)

15. Types of Linear Plots Plots can be told in: 1. Chronological order 2. Flashback Flash-forward/Foreshadowing 3. In media res (in the middle of things) when the story starts in the middle of the action without exposition

16. A. Conflict B. Flashback C. Foreshadowing D. Suspense “The last station sped behind her. The overhead light went out, and the fluorescent flashes from the subway tunnel gleamed in the darkness behind her eyelids, pane after pane like frames of a movie. Mrs. Chen, then just a girl named Lai Fong, was in China again.” from “Disguises” by Jean Fong Kwok

17. A. Conflict B. Flashback C. Foreshadowing D. Suspense “With a violent effort, he tore loose. He knew where he was now. Death Swamp and its quicksand.” from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell

18. A. Conflict B. Flashback C. Foreshadowing D. Suspense “Inside the clearing I stopped short. Two strange men in dark glasses were crouched behind the hedge… I began to back away, but the other man grabbed my arm. ‘Not so fast,’ he said. Two little scared faces- my own- looked down at me from his glasses.” from “Liberty” by Julia Alvarez

19. Conflict • Flashback • Foreshadowing • Suspense “‘The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island,’ Whitney replied. ‘A suggestive name, isn’t it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place.’” from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell

20. HOMEWORK / Practice • Fill in a plot diagram with events from a movie, TV show, song or story. (Be creative: use different materials, colors, etc.)

21. Part 1) Literary Skills Review: PLOT Read “Caline” (by: Kate Chopin) p.100-101. Answer #1-6 (on front). • #7 (on the back) 1 paragraph in colors. Part 2) VOCAB. Context Clues Below your paragraph, p. 107 (#1-8) select the correct choice.

22. Synthesizing Sources: Analyzing Main Ideas • “The Great Escape” (p. 88-92) - Answer: #6 (7 minutes in colors). Then, 1-5 (p.93) • “Did Animals Sense the Tsunami Was Coming?” (p.95-98) - (p. 99) answer: #1-6. #7 paragraph in colors (7 minutes) • “Travis’s Dilemma” (p.103-105) - #10 = 7 minutes. Then, #1-9