Elements of a Plot
The highest point of interest, the place where ideas are drawn together, an important turning point in a series of actions, or the most forceful event in a story.
What is Climax.
When you make a conclusion about something in the story using prior knowledge and textual evidence.
What is an Inference
True or False?We experience social issues everyday
What do you call a P.O.V. that uses the words “I, MY, MINE, ME”
What is FIRST PERSON
The plane soared like an eagle
is an example of a ....
What is a Simile.
Events in a story that build up the conflict.
What is Rising Action
When challenged with a Short Answer Response it is important that you use this method while writing.
What is RADD-C.
What Social issue does this picture attempt to address?
this point of view the narrator is telling the story as if they are watching everything that is happening.
What is THIRD PERSON
Hudson hurried out of the house so he
wasn't late for work. He wore overalls and
carried a toolbox with wrenches in it. He
hopped in his truck and drove off. The sign
on his truck said, “Toilet Masters”.
1.) What can you infer about Hudson's occupation?
What is a Plumber
The beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is Exposition.
Screech! Karen stomped on the gas pedal the moment the light turned green. She looked over her left shoulder and zigged past a semi-truck. She zoomed ahead and looked over her right shoulder and then zagged past a motorbike. She glanced at the clock on the console and darted into the parking lot. Whipping into a parking spot, she grabbed her suitcase and ran through the lot, up the escalator, and into the terminal. Her heavy suitcase was bumping and bouncing the whole way. Just as she entered the terminal, she heard an announcement over the loudspeaker, "Final boarding call for flight 205 to JFK..." Karen looked at her ticket and then at the line to get through the security checkpoint, which wrapped around several turnstiles and slithered like a lethargic snake.
Karen sighed and then slowly walked to the customer service desk.
1.) Why is Karen in a hurry?
2.) Why does Karen start walking slowly at the end of the passage?
3.) What is Karen going to do at the customer service desk?
1.) Karen is in a hurry because she is late for her flight
2.) Karen starts walking slowly because she notices the line is wrapped around like a lethargic snake.
3.Karen will most likely ask about her flight and if she can board upon it.
an undesirable(NOT WANTED) condition that people believe should be corrected.
This point of view the narrator is putting the reader into the story
What is SECOND PERSON.
TRUE or FALSE: A story have more than one central idea?
What is True.
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied.
What is Resolution.
underlying meaning of a literary work. It will be a lesson that the author wants to teach you after you have finished reading the story. Think of it as a Universal Message.
What do you call:the state(condition) of being extremely poor.
“You’re on top the highest building located in New York and then you look down. Your feet start shaking and you feel weak in the knees. Your heartbeat is racing double time and it won’t stop! This is what fear feels like.” What P.O.V. is this told in?
What is SECOND PERSON.
Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.
What is Nonfiction
hat element of a plot best fits this paragraph.
Tortoise continued to move along slowly, and while Hare slept, he passed Hare and headed toward the finish line. The other animals cheered loudly for Tortoise as he got closer.
What is the Climax
Hints for finding a stories theme
What is
Read/ Think about the title( what does it suggest about the story)
Look at the main character(s) (How do they change throughout the story?)
Look how the conflict is resolved
When we read any text the first thing we do is read for what happens in the story. In order to gain a deeper understanding we must read and ask ourselves the question
In his sophomore year of high school, Michael Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team at Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. But at five feet and eleven inches tall, the coach believed that Jordan was too short to play at that level What point of view is this told in?
What is THIRD PERSON
Another word for "central idea, central theme,and theme," of a text
What is Main Idea.