1. Unit 1- Parts of Story Objectives: Identify stages of the plot
Identify external and internal conflict
Analyze and evaluate setting

2. What drives a story? Setting – time & place
Characters – people, animals, creatures who take place in a story.
Dynamic – complex & changing
Flat – stays the same; few traits
Protagonist – main character
Antagonist – opposes the main character

3. Conflict – struggle that moves the plot
Internal –inside a character
Man vs. self
External – outside force
Man vs. nature
Man vs. man
Man vs. society

4. Identifying the Elements of A Plot Diagram
Student Notes

5. Plot Diagram 3 4 2 1 5

6. Plot (definition)
Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story. Every plot is made up of a series of incidents that are related to one another.

7. 1. Exposition
This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story. Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict (main problem).

8. 2. Rising Action
This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs.

9. 3. Climax
This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way.

10. 4. Falling Action
All loose ends of the plot are tied up. The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of.

11. 5. Resolution
The story comes to a reasonable ending.

12. Putting It All Together
1. Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution
Beginning of Story
Middle of Story to near the end
End of Story

13. Figurative Language
Simile – comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Metaphor – comparison of two unlike things (direct comparison no “like” or “as”)
Alliteration – repeated first sound
Personification – giving qualities of person to an animal, object, or idea
Onomatopoeia – sound word
Hyperbole – over exaggeration

14. Other Terms Foreshadow – hint Suspense – anticipation
Genre – kind of literature
Sequence – order
Compare – how things are alike and different
Contrast – how things are different
Cause – reason Effect – result
Idiom – phrase that has special meaning
Mood – how the reader feels