Plot Puzzle Pieces
Setting Makes the World Go Round
Fun With Narration
Characters and Their Conflicts
I Know That Story!!
100
The ____________ is the lead up to the climax; the __________ is the leading away from the climax
Rising Action; Falling Action
100
This part of setting could be any of the following: 1840, winter, Stone Age
Time
100
A __________ narrator is someone inside the story; a __________ narrator is someone(something) outside of the story.
1st person; 3rd person
100
A person trying to overcome racism in their town would be experiencing what type of conflict?
Person vs. Society
100
Why does Margot get bullied in All Summer in a Day?
Kids don't believe her when she talks about the sun
200
What is the one plot structure piece that can go COMPLETELY missing?
Resolution/Conclusion
200
During what piece of plot structure do we USUALLY see the setting laid out and described?
Exposition
200
What is it called when the narrator knows EVERYTHING??
Omniscient
200
This is the only type of INTERNAL conflict
Person vs. Self
200
What happens at the end of "The Fan Club"?
Laura turns on Rachel...
300
This is the part of the plot where the story reaches a culminating (or "turning") point...
Climax
300
Name one thing SES could impact: HINT: Do NOT simply say "setting"...
Wealth, status, royalty/commonfolk, if they make the laws, prestige and power, etc.
300
What is the difference between untrustworthy and unreliable narration?
What is motive
300
If Mr. Jacques fought a lion (obviously winning by a lot) and then had an argument with his wife, what two conflicts would he have experienced?
Person vs. Nature, Person vs. Person
300
What is strange about the ending of the lottery?
Winning the lottery is a bad thing
400
The only part of plot structure which cannot be altered (in terms of length)
Climax
400
What is wrong with the setting described in this scene? (There are two things) The King was out on his morning stroll. It was December, so his clothes were warm and fuzzy. He was a friendly king, and said hello to all of his subjects. Along the way, he plucked a freshly bloomed flower. However, the flower was from someone else's yard. The person, who was of a low status, came out and yelled at the king for picking the flower. The person wanted payment. The king, embarrassed, said he was too poor to pay for the flower.
SES - Kings would not apologize Time - Flowers don't bloom in winter
400
Why is an omniscient narrator almost never 1st person as well?
People can't read minds
400
What are the two opposing pairs of character types?
Round vs. Flat, Static vs. Dynamic
400
What do both the Lottery and The Fan Club have in common in terms of plot structure?
Little to no falling action, no resolution/conclusion
500
For the following, give an example of something that fits the plot structure type given. 1.) Long exposition, long rising action, climax, short falling action, no resolution. 2.) Short exposition, short rising action, climax, long falling action, long resolution. 3.) Medium exposition, short rising action, climax, short falling action, no resolution.
1.) First in a series, or novel with cliffhanger ending 2.) Last in a series, or a story highlighting impacts of an action 3.) Short story with cliffhanger ending
500
Name one story we've read in class that has contained each of the following parts of setting: SES, Specific Place, General Place, Time SPECIFIC examples, please
SES - Fan Club SP - ASIAD, TFC, TL GP - ASIAD, TL Time - Any of them
500
Character A is a young lady, an A+ student, in the "in-crowd", teachers love her, never gets in trouble, but has a reputation for selling people out when it comes to trouble, has a reputation for tattling, and has been known to lie to get her way. Character A is explaining her friend got caught with drugs, but she (the narrator) didn't know anything about it. Character B is a two-time convict, pleaded guilty to both of his crimes, is always "in the wrong place at the wrong time", failed out of high school, owns up to his mistakes, and is currently telling us about how he's innocent of a new, third crime. Who's unreliable? Who's untrustworthy?
A is untrustworthy, B is unreliable
500
Give me the character types for the following characters we've met: Margot, Laura, Tessie Hutchinson, Rachel
Margot - Round, Static; Laura - Round, Dynamic; Tessie - Flat, Static; Rachel - Flat, Static
500
What is the same about the climaxes in All Summer in a Day and The Fan Club? How do their falling actions differ?
Bullying; ASIAD is more optimistic since the bullies learn, TFC is more negative since the bullies recruited Laura
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