Plot Chart
“Twenty feet below him the sea rumbled and hissed. Rainsford hesitated. He heard the hounds. Then he leaped far out into the sea. . .” The Most Dangerous Game
Climax
Dilemma
A situation where a difficult choice must be made
“The first thing Rainsford’s eyes had discerned was the largest man Rainsford had ever seen, a gigantic creature, solidly made and black-bearded to the waist.” The Most Dangerous Game
Characters
Wrongfully Accused Tom Robinson of raping his daughter.
Bob Ewell
Scout
Round and Dynamic
“He had never slept in a better bed. Rainsford decided.” The Most Dangerous Game
Gluttony
Greed or excess consumption/eating
“You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fightin' with your head for a change." To Kill Mockingbird
Conflict
Dressed as a ham in the school pageant
Atticus
Round and Static
“Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she threw the invitation on the table with disdain.” The Necklace
Rising Action
Lucrative
Producing a great deal of profit or wealth
“The long June twilight faded into night.” The Sniper
Setting
Jem's father
Atticus
Bob Ewell
Flat and Static
"The old charts call it `Ship-Trap Island,"' Whitney replied." A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition--" The Most Dangerous Game
Exposition
Predisposed
Inclined towards a specific point of view from the beginning.
“Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it made me sad.” To Kill a Mockingbird
Plot
Lost her home in a fire
Miss Maudie
Mayella Ewell
Round and Static
“At the end of the ten years, they had paid everything, everything, within the rates of usury and the accumulations of compound interest.” The Necklace
Falling Action
Commandeered
Take possession of something especially a ship.
“Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face.” The Sniper
Theme
Cares for the finch children
Calpurnia
Dill Harris
Flat and Dynamic