 Exposition: The ___________ is set up, and the ______________information is provided.  Rising Action: ________build toward the turning point.  Climax: The _________________ of the story.  Falling Action: The ________that follow the __________leading to the resolution  Resolution: The __________ is ____________; final outcome is achieved. conflict background Events turning point events climax conflict resolved

Crash meets Penn for the first time Crash encourages Penn and helps him win the relay qualifier Rising Action Falling Action Climax Exposition Resolution Scooter has a stroke. Take a look at our examples. What other events belong in this diagram? Keep in mind that there are MANY more events that could go in these spots than actually fit. What events are important to you?

 Two opposing forces working against each other.

Someone in disagreement with themselves. Ex: indecision, guilt One person or group in disagreement of competition with another person or group A problem involving nature, weather, animals, or health One or a few people against a large group or community and their expectations. (peer pressure) Person Self Nature Society

 1. Joan of Ark dressed like a man in order to fight for her people.   2. Hansel and Gretel get lost in the woods and cannot find their way home.   3. Bubba Watson loses his cool against Tiger Woods in the PGA championship.   4. Mike is wrestling with his guilt over not telling his parents the truth.   5. Auburn and Alabama have a longstanding football rivalry in the SEC. Person vs. Nature Person vs. Society Person vs. Person Person vs. Self Person vs. Person

literally speech

 A. simile: uses _______ or ___________ to make a comparison between two ________ things  Examples: "pale as a ghost", "spread like wildfire” likeas unlike

 Borrowed from this blog. Note that most of these are not similes at all…the students just thought they were. Can you spot them?this blog  Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.  He was as tall as a 6 ′ 3 ″ tree.  John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.  She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.  Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.  The lamp just sat there, like an inanimate object.  He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.  She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs.  It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.

 personification: _________________ subject is given _____________ qualities  Example: The flower danced in the wind. Inanimatehuman-like

 metaphor: Like a simile, a _________________ is being made between two __________ things, but a metaphor does NOT use “like” or “as.” Example: She became the thorn in his side. comparison unlike

 1) “He was walking like he owned the place, both hands in his pockets, sort of swaying lah-dee-dah with each step” (Spinelli 2)  2) “’Fate smiled and destiny/ laughed as she came to my cradle…’ (Merchant)” (Palacio 1).  3) “To Daisy, all our faces look alike, as flat and pale as the moon” (Palacio 82).  4) “just some jerks from my school, he says. a kid named Julian and his two gorillas, henry and miles” (Palacio 197).  5) “August is the Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are planets orbiting the Sun” (Palacio 82).  6) “’I’m not surprised you’re the first one to show up here this year, Coogan, I hear you’re a loose cannon’” (Spinelli 38).  7) “On the other hand, I was kind of curious to get an inside look at the boss dorks and the garage that thought it was a house” (Spinelli 11).  8) “But this year there seems to be a shift in the cosmos. The galaxy is changing. Planets are falling out of alignment” (Palacio 83).  9) “We both grew up thinking Scooter’s bed was the safest place in the world, like a boat in a sea full of crocs” (Spinelli 74).  10) “I was almost starting to enjoy this kid, like I was the cat and he was the mouse” (Spinelli 11). Simile Personification Metaphor

Round Flat VS. Classifying Characters: -a fully-developed character whose many personality traits are revealed--both good and bad Crash Examples: __________________________________ a one-sided character who is simply described Crash Examples: __________________________________ I.

VS. dynamic static II. a character who changes due to the course of a story a character who does not change due to the course of a story Ex:

FLAT ROUND DYNAMIC STATIC CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING: Draw a line connecting each scenario to the correct label Gerald is compassionate towards his brother, but a bully on his baseball team. Sally is a great athlete; she practices a lot. In the beginning, Harold was rude, but he became much easier to work with after his boss talked with him. Throughout the entire war, Beatrice remained loyal to her country. Casey was determined to win the state championship, so she remained faithful to her team and diligent in her workouts. Charles’ grades drop when he spends too much time playing video games, but when he is diligent in his studying, they come back up.

Pick two topics from the box to the right and create Crash related theme statements.