1. Literary Analysis Workshop
Unit One
Literary Analysis Workshop

2. Plot is the series of events in a narrative.
Plot and Conflict
Key Terms:
In Your Own Words:
Plot is the series of events in a narrative.
Conflict is a struggle between opposing forces.
What the story is about…
A fight, problem or challenge

3. Plot and Conflict
In Your Own Words:
Key Terms:
3. An internal conflict is a struggle within a character’s mind.
4. An external conflict is a clash between a character and an outside force.
3. Inside a person (emotional struggle or has to make a choice)
4. Outside a person (environment, society, another person, peer pressure)

4. Stages of Plot
“The Mountain”

5. A. Exposition Introduces setting and characters
Sets up mood and conflict

6. B. Rising Action
Builds suspense
Plot complications develop

7. C. Climax
The highest point of action!
A turning point in the story.

8. D. Falling Action
Tension eases
Reveals the results of the climax

9. E. Resolution
Final outcome
Ties up loose ends
THE END

10. Chronological Order
Key Term
Chronological order is the series of events in the order in which they happen.

11. flashback:
Flashback is an account of a conversation, episode, or event that happened before the beginning of the story.

12. Image or memory aid for flashback:1 2 3

13. Shows how past events led to the present
What flashback does:
Interrupts the story
Provides background
Shows how past events led to the present

14. Strategies to recognize flashback:
Look for clue words and phrases such as “that summer,” “as a young boy.”
Keep track of chronological events.

15. Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is a writer’s use of hints or clues in early scenes to suggest events that will occur later.

16. Image or memory aid for foreshadowing:1 2 3 4

17. What foreshadowing does:
Prepares reader for later events
Creates suspense
Makes you want to keep reading

18. Strategies to recognize foreshadowing:
Notice repeated ideas and descriptions
Notice characters acting strangely