1. Introduce and analyze a story
Plot Elements
Introduce and analyze a story

2. Hook Anecdotes / Personal examples or stories (must be SHORT)
Quotations
Facts / Statistics
Rhetorical Questions

3. What is Story Structure?
Most stories follow a pattern.
We will study the most common pattern.
This is a way of identifying parts of a story.
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Story Structure
Inciting Incident
Resolution
Exposition

4. Organization
Hook & Intro: Find a catchy way to introduce the story you chose
Body Paragraph I: Exposition (people & setting), Conflict/Inciting Incident, Rising Action
Body Paragraph II: Climax/Turning Point, Falling Action, Resolution/Conclusion
Concluding Paragraph: How you feel about the story; end with an opinion, prediction, suggestion, or something you want the reader to remember