Plot Mountain
The beginning of the story
What is Exposition?
One type of lead you can use to start your narrative
What is: action, dialogue, setting or character's thoughts and feelings
True or false: Everytime a new character speaks, it stays in the same paragraph
what is false?
Name that figurative language:
Ms. Didech's smile was brighter than the sun
simile
Examples are persuade, inform, and entertain
what is author's purpose
Three things addressed in the exposition.
What is setting, character, and problem.
Name the lead:
The fire is crackling and my paws are warm. My tail, too, and my nose, my ears. I’m lying near the hearth on a plaid bed, which Susan bought for me. Lying in the warmth remembering other nights -- nights in the woods under a blanket of stars, nights spent with Moon, nights in the shed when I was a puppy.
What is setting?
True or false: This is correct punctuation of the dialogue.
"I can't believe it!" whispered Suzanne.
what is true?
what sensory detail does this sentence express?
"I don't really care." he uttered.
Words that made me feel a type of hurt I never have before. Those words were a punch in the stomach and a slap in the face.
examples are numbers and statistics, expert opinion, and emotional appeal
what are author's strategies
The story begins winding down
What is falling action?
Name the lead:
If you don’t sit your stinkin’ useless behind back down in that shopping cart, I swear I’ll bust your greasy face in!” she screamed at the three-year-old in front of her.
What is dialogue?
True or false: Unless someone is making that noise, onomatopoeia is not quoted- it is italicized.
Name that figurative language
The train took a year to get here.
what is hyperbole
WIN can help you find what
what is central idea?
The character makes the decision to solve the problem.
What is climax?
Name the narrative lead
The kitchen phone rang three times before Andy picked it up. “Hello?” he said.
A voice replied, “I just killed someone.”
“What?”
“I just killed someone.”
what is dialogue?
Which of the following is correct:
a. "That's wild!" Yelled Tony.
b. "That's Wild." Yelled Tony.
c. That's wild!" yelled Tony.
What is C?
name that figurative language:
Pete preferred pencils over pens.
alliterations
____________ is a moment where the character has a realization in a work of literature.
What is an AHA! moment?
Name all five elements of the plot mountain
The four types of leads you can use to start your narrative
Explain rule #3 of dialogue rules
everytime a new speaker talks a new paragraph needs to be started
name that figurative language:
Ms. K's heart is an ice block, colder than the kinds you find in Siberia.
metaphor
What is one function of a narrative lead?
What is (either of these)
Sets the tone
Determines the content and direction
Establishes the voice and verb tense
Hooks the reader
Fuels the writing