Plot Structure
What is the exposition in "Rent Party Jazz"?
Characters and setting
Jackson Square
Characters- Sonny, Mama, Smilin' Jack, and neighbors
The time and place of a story
What is setting
point of view is a story written in when the story is narrated by a character in the story?
What is first person point of view?
What is the last part of plot called?
Resolution
What is the rising action in "Rent Party Jazz"
When Mama loses her job and tells Sonny she will not be able to pay rent without another job.
the sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
point of view is a story written in when the story is narrated by a character not in the story
What is third person point of view?
What is the first part of plot called?
Exposistion
What is the Turning point of the action (beginning of the climax) in "Renting Jazz"?
When Sonny meets Smilin' Jack and tells him about his problem.
The big idea or lesson in a story
What is theme?
What comes first, the resolution or exposition?
Exposition!
the part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict
What is resolution
What is the Climax of "Rent Party
Jazz"?
When Smilin' Jackson helps throw a rent party! They make money there by Smiling Jackson playing music!
the struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
What comes first the climax or falling action
What is climax?
What is the resolution of "Rent Party Jazz"?
When Mama had enough money to pay rent and there was even extra for other people who might need to! Mamas' problem was fixed:)
Name the five elements of plot in order
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution