ExpositionSetting, characters, conflict Rising ActionBuild up to the conflict ClimaxThe conflict reaches its highest point of interest Falling ActionThings fall into place and lead toward a solution ResolutionThe conflict comes to a solution
1 st Person: The narrator tells the story from his/her perspective pronouns I, my, we 3 rd person omniscient: The narrator knows everything about the story and the characters, including feelings and thoughts pronouns he, she, it, they 3 rd person limited: The narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of only one person, most often the protagonist pronouns he, she, it, they
Protagonist: Main character in a story Antagonist: The main opposing force, the “bad guy”. The Antagonist does NOT have to be a person.
In Hatchet Protagonist: Brian Antagonist: the wilderness In My Name is San Ho Protagonist: San Ho, Kim Be Antagonist: the Vietnam War, the military
Realistic fiction is a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people.
Realistic fiction stories tend to take place in the present or recent past. Characters are involved in events that could happen. Characters live in places that could be or are real. The characters seem like real people with real issues solved in a realistic way.
External and Internal Conflict External: The conflict in the story is caused by an outside force; it is outside the character Internal: The conflict is within a person; it is often an emotion or a feeling
In My Name is San Ho ◦ External: the war prohibits San Ho from reuniting with his family ◦ Internal: He wants to be with his mom in the USA, but he doesn’t want to leave Kim Be; he wants to see his mother again, but he is anxious because of his step-father
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