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Today’s Awesome Thing is… forgetting to set your alarm, but miraculously waking up at the right time!

Stuff We Know! Literary Devices: imagery simile metaphor irony personification hyperbole onomatopoeia foreshadowing Literary Terms: plot structure Exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution Conflict (a lil’ bit)

Characters! PROTAGONIST ANTAGONIST The main character of a story Eckels ANTAGONIST Whoever opposes the protagonist Travis

Types of Characters ROUND FLAT Complex character who displays many traits FLAT Simple character who displays one or two traits

Character Types DYNAMIC STATIC Character who changes over time Character who does not change over time

Conflict! Conflict can be… INTERNAL EXTERNAL struggle within a character’s mind Eckles’s desire to hunt versus his crippling fear of the dinosaur EXTERNAL struggle between character and outside force Eckles versus Travis Eckles versus the dinosaur

Types of Conflict MAN VS. MAN MAN VS. SELF External Characters against one another Eckles vs. Travis MAN VS. SELF Internal Character struggles in own mind emotions, right vs. wrong, mental illness, etc. Eckles vs. himself and his fear

Types of Conflict MAN VS. NATURE MAN VS. SOCIETY External Character overcomes natural obstacle or condition Eckles vs. the dinosaur MAN VS. SOCIETY Character disagrees with accepted ways of thinking or doing things in society Eckles vs. the new future