1. Retold by Gayle Ross Review
Strawberries
Retold by Gayle Ross
Review

2. 1. What is the conflict or problem in this story?
A man and his wife quarrel, and the woman leaves in anger.

3. 2. Why does the spirit want to slow the angry woman’s steps?
A spirit tries to slow the woman down so her husband can catch up to her.

4. 3. What does the spirit do to help the man?
The spirit tries to help the man catch up by making the woman slow down, presenting her with first huckleberries, then all the other berries, then the blooms of all the trees of the forest.

5. 4. What finally slows the woman down?
Strawberries finally slow her down.

6. 5. Why is the man unable to overtake his wife?
The man cannot overtake his wife because her anger causes her to walk very fast.

7. 6. Why doesn’t the woman slow down?
She doesn’t notice the fruit.

8. 7. Why does the spirit decide to create a new fruit?
The spirit decides to create a new fruit that grows close to the ground so the woman will stop walking and forget her anger.

9. 8. Why do the strawberries make the woman slow down?
The woman crushes the strawberries under her feet as she walks, releasing a pleasant scent. She stops to look at the berries she has never seen before.

10. 9. Complete loss of hope; desperation
despair

11. 10. To catch up with or to reach and then pass
overtake

12. 11. Steadily directed and unchanging
fixed

13. 12. A pleasant smell; odor
aroma

14. Plot The sequence of events in a story, novel, or play.
A plot includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

15. Introduces characters, setting, and the basic situation.
Exposition

16. Develops the conflict or problem; builds suspense or increases tension.
Rising Action

17. Describes the moment of greatest suspense, emotion, or interest.
Climax

18. Reveals what happens after the climax.
Falling Action

19. Reveals the final outcome and completes the falling action; when the reader learns how the conflict is resolved.
Resolution

20. The problem or struggle in a story.
Conflict
Internal- character vs. himself
External- character vs. outside force

21. Plot * Climax 3. Rising Action Falling Action 2. 4. Exposition
Resolution 1. 5. *
Conflict