Linear Plot structure Is when the story is in chronological order and does not deviate from that order.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Pre-AP English.  Set up your next 3 pages   Geographical location  Time period  Socio-economic characteristics of the location (wealthy, poor) 

Advertisements

Once upon a time…  Plot is the sequence of related events that tells us what happens in a story. A good plot:  Has characters who experience a problem/conflict.

“The Most Dangerous Game” Literary Terms

Plot Structure Through Short Stories

SHORT STORY TERMS A FOND REVIEW. PLOT DIAGRAM Exposition: background information Inciting Moment: the moment or event that starts the plot moving forward.

Literary Terms 7 th Grade Reading. Point of View The vantage point from which a story is told First person — is told by a character who uses the pronoun.

Literary Terms.

Conflict A conflict is the struggle of the protagonist against himself or herself, another person, or nature.

Elements of Story Review. What makes a good story? Every story, whether truth or fiction contains literary elements. We call these elements of story.

{ Unit 2: Epic Stories Notes on Plot.  The sequence of events in a story.  Chronological Order: events happen in real time.  Stream of Consciousness:

Unit 1: Into the Unknown Notes on Plot. Plot The sequence of events in a story. The sequence of events in a story. –Chronological Order: events happen.

The Tell Tale Heart By: Edgar Allan Poe.

Title of the book/story here. introduction complications climax Falling action action resolution Theme Internal conflict conflict External conflict conflict.

Setting Sets the story’s mood and atmosphere A dark and stormy night A bright, sunny day A castle on the edge of a cliff.

Vocabulary Review 1. To study something closely a. Explicit b. Analyze c. Inference d. Textual evidence.

Short Story Essential Questions: 1. How do writers create short stories that engage the reader? 2. How does a writer develop a theme in a short story?

Elements of Plot Essential Question: How does an author use literary elements to develop a story? 1.

The Pit and the Pendulum

CHARACTER ANALYSIS GRID Mapping Plot through Character.

Short Story Notes Elements of Fiction

Elements of Plot.

“The Most Dangerous Game”

What is your resolution?

Some basics that every good story must have ….

Teaching Plot Structure Through Short Stories

LET’S REVIEW. We have learned three signposts. What are they?

Fiction and Nonfiction

Short Story Elements.

Know them, use them, LOVE them!

Elements of Short Stories

PERSONIFICATION, POINT OF VIEW, LITERACY DEVICE

Literary Terms Review English 3.

The Pit and the Pendulum

Characterization Characterization refers to the way a writer develops his characters. A writer may use any or all of the following methods of characterization:

SHORT STORY ELEMENTS.

The events of a story. (What happens in a story!)

Literary Elements & Key Terms

Internal Conflict Plot Line

Review for Short Story and Elements of Suspense Final Test

Elements of a Short Story

Elements of Fiction.

Teaching Plot Structure Through Short Stories

English The Literary Pyramid.

Elements of Stories and Narratives

Vocabulary Review.

Elements of Fiction.

Plot Diagram Plot- a sequence of events in a literary work.

Literary Terminology English II Outcome A.

Plot, Conflict and Sequence

Multicultural Literature

Short Story Elements Terminology.

Good Morning! 9/28/2015 Turn in any late assignments

Principles of Literature

Elements of Fiction.

Literary Terms Guided Notes 1.

Theme is… the underlying message, or “big idea,” of a story.

Unit One Literary Terms.

THE SHORT STORY UNIT TEST REVIEW GAME

What’s in the Plot Diagram?

Parts of a Plot LA Words I Know this! Other 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt

Literature 9th Grade Conflict: a struggle between two opposing forces

Identifying the Elements of A Plot Diagram

Elements of a Story.

FICTION Genre in which the content is made up; a made up story.

Plot, Structure and Characters

Characters Characters are the people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a story. There are 2 kinds of characters: main and.

Presentation transcript:

Linear Plot structure Is when the story is in chronological order and does not deviate from that order.

Non-linear plot Non-linear plot lines may appear to be in chronological order, then along the way, characters add foreshadowing or move to a flashback. Authors do this to mimic the way a human mind typically works and provide more entertainment for the reader!

Lion King Foreshadowing Star Wars: Examples Foreshadowing Star Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S74rvpc6W60 Lion King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oy- RsExxMc&feature=youtu.be Flashback UP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2bk_9T48 2g&feature=youtu.be

Because visuals are important...

Let’s talk post its! Throughout the reading, we’ll be using post its to mark textual evidence in the following areas: Exposition (focus on setting) Imagery (focus on what the MAIN character is:

Diction Tone Conflicts

What are we going to do with all these post its? We’re going to fill in a textual evidence diagram that covers what the character: Thinks Feels (emotionally) Sees Hears Says Builds and where he goes Smells Comes in conflict with Fears or has instincts about