1. Character & Plot
7.6 B
Analyze the development of the plot through the internal and external responses of the characters, including their motivations and conflicts.

2. Character
A character: A person, animal or other creature in a fictional text Protagonist – the main character working for a solution to the main conflict of the story – experiences a change because of events in the plot Antagonist – any character(s) working against the protagonist

3. Characterization Author provides us characteristics through:
What he or she says and thinks
What other characters say or think about that character
How he or she interacts with the other characters in the story

4. Conflict
Occurs when one character’s motivations cause a problem that needs to be resolved.
How the character meets these challenges/conflicts and tries to solve them makes the events of the plot
External (outside the character)
Character vs. character
Character vs. society
Character vs. nature
Internal (inside the character)
Character vs. self

5. Plot The sequence of events, or what happens in a literary work.
Very closely tied to the characters
How a character behaves often drives the plot
Their actions cause reactions of other characters
ALWAYS question motivation in looking at characters and plot!!!
Motivation is the REASON characters act as they do
Example: a character might be motivated by wanting to be helpful, by greed , by pity for another character
Mattie was motivated by pity to take Nell in (Which altered the plot)
Katniss was motivated by love of her sister to volunteer as tribute (which was the inciting conflict of the storyline)

6. Plot
Exposition – the beginning of the story, when time and place of the story is established and characters are introduced.
Conflict – a problem that a character must resolve by the end of the story
Rising Action – the bulk of the story, when the character works to resolve the conflict
Climax – the turning point of the story
Falling Action – the events leading to the resolution of the conflict
Resolution/Denouement – the ending of the story, when the conflict is resolved

7. The turning point, when we learn the outcome coming ahead
Plot
The turning point, when we learn the outcome coming ahead

8. Practice
Rachel was the star of the track team. She had set the school record in the 400-meter hurdle. A month before an important track meet against a rival school, Rachel twisted her ankle while jumping over a hurdle. She would have to walk with crutches so that her ankle would heal. Rachel returned to the track a month later. Which sentence in the story states the conflict?