Plot
The 5 elements of plot.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.
The 4 most common character types.
Round, Flat, Dynamic, and Static
Country, city, state, or neighborhood
Location or locale
How many types of conflict did we talk about?
7
Theme
The Search for Meaning
This usually is the biggest section of the story
Rising Action
This character can change or grow in the story.
Round
Christmas, Halloween, birthdays, or winter.
Time of year
person vs. person
Where do we apply the theme?
The real world
You can feel the story coming to an end.
Falling Action
Internal change
What a dynamic character experiences
Water, landforms, plants, trees, and climate.
Geography
The dwarves and Bilbo in Mirkwood
Person vs. Nature
A theme is.....
A moral, meaning, or message about human life
Name the special plot techniques
Suspense, Surprise ending, foreshadowing, flashback
These are stereotypes or typecast characters
Stock Character
The setting is the ...... of a story
where and when
The Baggins side and the Took side
Person vs. Self
Whose job is it to find out what the author is trying to say?
The reader
The two people responsible for the plot pyramid
Aristotle and Freytag
She is strong, independent and able to provide for herself, but can also feel vulnerable.
Katniss Everdeen
What is the purpose of the setting?
To provide a world for the characters to move around in and interact with.
_______ + ______________ + ____________= ?
character + want + obstacle = conflict
What are the 3 review points from this lesson?
Theme is what we can learn from a story.
Themes must be inferred.
Themes are about the BIG world.