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Strawberries

Strawberries. Retold by Gayle Ross Review. 1. What is the conflict or problem in this story?. A man and his wife quarrel, and the woman leaves in anger. 2. Why does the spirit want to slow the angry woman’s steps?.

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Strawberries

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  1. Strawberries Retold by Gayle Ross Review

  2. 1. What is the conflict or problem in this story? • A man and his wife quarrel, and the woman leaves in anger.

  3. 2. Why does the spirit want to slow the angry woman’s steps? • A spirit tries to slow the woman down so her husband can catch up to her.

  4. 3. What does the spirit do to help the man? • The spirit tries to help the man catch up by making the woman slow down, presenting her with first huckleberries, then all the other berries, then the blooms of all the trees of the forest.

  5. 4. What finally slows the woman down? • Strawberries finally slow her down.

  6. 5. Why is the man unable to overtake his wife? • The man cannot overtake his wife because her anger causes her to walk very fast.

  7. 6. Why doesn’t the woman slow down? • She doesn’t notice the fruit.

  8. 7. Why does the spirit decide to create a new fruit? • The spirit decides to create a new fruit that grows close to the ground so the woman will stop walking and forget her anger.

  9. 8. Why do the strawberries make the woman slow down? • The woman crushes the strawberries under her feet as she walks, releasing a pleasant scent. She stops to look at the berries she has never seen before.

  10. 9. Complete loss of hope; desperation • despair

  11. 10. To catch up with or to reach and then pass • overtake

  12. 11. Steadily directed and unchanging • fixed

  13. 12. A pleasant smell; odor • aroma

  14. Plot • The sequence of events in a story, novel, or play. • A plot includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

  15. Introduces characters, setting, and the basic situation. • Exposition

  16. Develops the conflict or problem; builds suspense or increases tension. • Rising Action

  17. Describes the moment of greatest suspense, emotion, or interest. • Climax

  18. Reveals what happens after the climax. • Falling Action

  19. Reveals the final outcome and completes the falling action; when the reader learns how the conflict is resolved. • Resolution

  20. The problem or struggle in a story. • Conflict • Internal- character vs. himself • External- character vs. outside force

  21. Plot Climax 3. Falling Action Rising Action 2. 4. Exposition Resolution 1. 5. * Conflict

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