1. LITERATURE NOTES p.4

2. Plot: what happens in a story.

3. Who are the characters? What do they want?
Basic Situation
Who are the characters?
What do they want?

4. CONFLICT
External Conflict: a character struggles against a person, a group, or a force of nature (earthquake, hurricane, a bear etc.)
Internal Conflict: a struggle in one’s mind, like being shy or accepting the death of a loved one.

5. FORESHADOWING: when authors hint at future events

6. COMPLICATIONS: a series of events that take place that makes it hard for the character to get what they want.

7. CLIMAX: the story’s most emotional or suspenseful moment

8. RESOLUTION: the last part of the story where the story is closed out.

9. “Little Red Riding Hood”
Basic Situation: Red, wolf, Granny
What do they want? Wolf wants to eat the people. Red just wants to go see her Grandma.
4 or 5 Complications:
Wolf asks Red to ride on his motorcycle.
Red turns the wolf’s offer down.
Wolf races to Granny’s, when he scares her away and takes her place.
The wolf tries to eat Red.
Climax: Most suspenseful part? Granny rides the motorcycle, catches him in the handlebars, and he hurls into a thorn bush.
Resolution: Any loose ends? The wolf goes to jail, Granny does talk shows, Red lives happily ever after.

10. Making Predictions:
Trying to guess what will happen in a story.

11. Motive:
Reason for a character’s behavior

12. Suspense:
A feeling of anxious curiosity

13. Making Inferences:
Making an educated guess using the details we know