Plot Map/Content
Events that lead up to the turning point (little conflicts as a result of the BIG conflict)
Rising Action
Label each TENSE description (past, present, future):
1. Happening within the moment
2. Will happen later
3. Happened before story is told
1. PRESENT
2. FUTURE
3. PAST
Label each point of view:
1. story is told through the eyes and mind of the narrator (I, me, us, we)
2. story is told directly to the audience (you, your)
3. story is told through an outside narrator
1. 1st person
2. 2nd person
3. 3rd person
Press ENTER + TAB each time there is a new _____________ or _____________.
idea or speaker
Label these three definitions of figurative language:
1. a common saying that doesn't literally mean what it says
2. an extreme exaggeration
3. a comparison NOT using "like" or "as" that involves something being represented/replaced by something else
1. idiom
2. hyperbole
3. metaphor
Story calms after turning point and becomes reflective
Falling Action
Mia averted her eyes from the busy road as the chicken crossed it.
What TENSE is this written in?
Past
"But instead I sit, as motionless as the rock beneath me, while the dawn begins to lighten the woods. I can't fight the sun."
- Catching Fire
What POV is this written in?
1st person POV (the story is told through the eyes of protagonist)
When punctuating dialogue, "punctuation ___________________ quotations"
inside
"But instead I sit, as motionless as the rock beneath me, while the dawn begins to lighten the woods. I can't fight the sun."
- Catching Fire
What figurative language is the narrator using here? (2)
simile (like or as)
personification (the sun cannot actually fight a person)
Brian learns that he is capable of surviving both the wilderness and becoming a strong person. He decides to never tell his dad about the "Secret."
Which part of the PLOT MAP is this?
Resolution
Shrek goes to his swamp, takes a swim in the mud, and yells at Donkey.
What TENSE is this written in?
Present
"The evening before my final, I got so frustrated I threw the Cambridge Guide to Greek Mythology across my dorm room."
- The Lightning Thief
What POV is this written in?
1st-person POV
What is MISSING from this sentence of dialogue and WHERE?
Olivia exclaimed "I can't believe it!"
a comma after "exclaimed" because dialogue is being introduced.
Olivia exclaimed, "I can't believe it!"
"Jenny was a tree with roots firmly planted in the ground. She would not allow herself to be belittled."
What figurative language is being used here?
Metaphor: comparison without using like or as. "Tree"= Jenny.
Brian Robeson is a 13-year-old boy who crash lands into the Canadian wilderness.
Which part of the PLOT MAP is this?
Exposition
In this story, the protagonist will go on a series of adventures and will learn what it means to be a true hero.
What TENSE is this written in?
Future
"Yet Harry Potter was still there, asleep at the moment, but not for long. His Aunt Petunia was awake and it was her shrill voice that made the first noise of the day."
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
What POV is this written in?
3rd-Person POV (the story is told outside of the main character through a narrator)
TRUE or FALSE: you should always capitalize the first letter of the first word of dialogue.
TRUE: technically, what the character is saying is the beginning of THEIR sentences!
When Gary Paulsen describes the forest as an "ocean of trees," what figurative language is he using?
Metaphor: ocean = forest
The overall message of a narrative text.
Example: "Growing Up" or "Kindness"
THEME
"Before Kaylee goes to the store, she checks her wallet. She realizes that she gave her last dollar to charity two weeks ago."
Which TENSE is this written in?
Present
The story is happening NOW, even if a character remembers something from the past.
Name five pronouns that can be observed in 1st-person POV
Which special punctuation marks should you keep inside the quotation marks because they are important to understanding how the dialogue was said?
Question Mark (?)
Exclamation Point (!)
"I can't believe she spilled the beans! She never could keep a secret," Myra huffed.
What figurative language is being used here?
Idiom (common saying that's not literal)