Conflicts
What are the two categories of conflicts
Internal & External
Name all five elements of the plot diagram.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
True or False.
Themes always contain specific details from a story.
False
This is the message of the story.
Theme
This tells the reader what they are about to read.
Title
A teenager is offered alcohol. She knows it is not legal for her to drink. She doesn't want to offend the other person.
Internal or External.
Internal
What three things does the exposition establish?
Setting
Characters
Conflict
True or False
Themes can be stated directly.
True.
True or False
Central idea contains characters and conflict.
True
This helps the reader to understand the photograph
Caption
Bugs and Daffy are telling Elmer Fudd which season of hunting it is.
Bugs insists it is "duck season!" while Daffy counters stating it is "rabbit season!
What type of conflict is this?
Was it revealed through dialogue or narration?
Character vs Character
Dialouge
The major problem of the story
Conflict
An old monkey on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some parting advice. He ordered them to bring in a bundle of sticks, and said to his eldest son: "Break it." The son strained and strained, but with all his efforts was unable to break the sticks. The other sons also tried, but none of them was successful. "Untie the bundle," said the father, "and each of you take a stick." When they had done so, he called out to them: "Now, break," and each stick was easily broken. "You
see my meaning," said their father.
What is the theme?
Sample answer.
Work together.
Central idea can sometimes be deduced by the title.
True or False
True
This helps the reader see the parts to an animal or object.
Diagram
Hamilton's village was hit with a Category 5 Hurricane.
What type of conflict is this?
External conflict. Man vs Nature
This part of the plot tells the reader the outcome of the conflict and ties up any loose ends.
Resolution
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew.
Determine the Theme
Work now, play later.
Write the central idea for one of the following films.
Endgame, Mulan, Frozen 2 , Coco
Answers vary
This tells the reader data relevant to the text.
Graph/Chart/Table
Jenny Puchovier was so excited. She had a pack of Starburst in her lunch and she had been looking forward to eating them all morning. Lunch finally came and Jenny sat down to eat her Starbursts when her friend Yudy sat next to her. “Let me get the pink ones,” asked Yudy. Jenny liked the pink ones best, but she thought Yudy was funny and Jenny wanted Yudy to like her, so Jenny gave Yudy all of her pink Starbursts. Before Jenny was done giving Yudy the pink ones, Carrie sat on the other side of Jenny. “Let me get the red and the orange ones, Jenny. Remember when I gave you that Snickers?” Jenny didn’t remember that, though she did remember when Carrie ate a whole Snickers in front of her, but Jenny thought Carrie was cool, so she gave her the red and the orange Starbursts. Now that she only had the yellow ones, Jenny wasn’t so excited about eating starbursts anymore.
This is an internal conflict. Describe the conflict Jenny is facing.
Jenny is torn between enjoying her favorite snack solo and wanting the other girls to like her.
At the end of the battle, China reigned victorious. The Huns had been defeated, and Mulan's honor had been restored. She returned home with the emperor's blessing and she began dating Shang.
What part of the story was that?
Resolution.
Determine the Central Idea for one of the following myths.
Orpheus & Eurydice
Phaethon
Answers Vary
Write the central idea for one of the following books.
Harry Potter, Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters, Charlotte's Web, Holes.
Answers vary.
This tells the reader what they are about to see in a particular section.
Subheading/Subtitle