Plot
My story has been exposed, but the conflict has not.
What am I?
What is the exposition?
The only type of internal conflict.
What is character vs. self?
Name the part of plot as indicated by this line from The Elevator:
Was she still looking at him? He glanced at her quickly, then looked away again. She was still watching him
What is the inciting incident?
Name an example of character vs. society conflict in one of the stories we read.
Answers vary:
Example- Murphy is bored by his teacher.
Martin doesn't think his dad supports him.
The gods joining Odin when he orders them not to.
Thor wants to bring mjolnir on the rainbow bridge, but Heimdahl won't let him.
Name an example of character vs. society conflict in a story or in real life.
Answers vary.
What is the climax?
There was a shy student who knew
If they had to speak, they'd turn blue.
The teacher asked them to share.
They sunk deep in their chair.
And then a robot took over the world.
Character vs. Technology!
In the resolution of this story, our protagonist giggles while her guests help themselves to the murder weapon for dinner.
What is Lamb to the Slaughter?
After this inciting incident, Mary Maloney was not in a clear headspace. This event caused her to block out the conversation with Patrick, and go about her evening making dinner like usual. As if she was floating mindlessly, she made some life changing--and life ending decisions.
Her husband said he would be leaving her on her own to raise the baby.
Escalate is to rising action as _________ is to falling action. (What word goes in the blank?)
Deescalate (full points)
Calms down (half points)
To solve your chart, here is an easy trick
Find these three parts, and the rest is quick!
(Hint: Each of these terms usually represents a single event)
What are Inciting Incident, Climax, and Resolution?
Daily Double!!!!!
We didn't learn this conflict type, perse.
However, when any man, woman, child, or creature faces off with Odin, Thor, Loki, Zeus, or another mythological figure of this type, they are experiencing this type of conflict.
What is character vs. the gods?
A dreary rain is falling on Asgard. A foggy wall brings suggests nothing but doom. Two honorable crows fly in to bring grave news to a worried Odin. Frigga knows something is the matter, but our story is only just beginning.
What is the exposition?
It is the resolution in Odin's Quest for Wisdom.
What is, Odin exchanging his eye for all the knowledge there is?
On Wednesdays I bring you the news.
CNN 10 is the program you choose.
I never seem to shout you out.
Not sure what that's about.
But you know me, I'm _________ _________!
C'mon friends. Carl Azuz hasn't been the CNN10 anchor ALL year!
The French word denoument, is a fancier name for the part of the story, where the conflict is resolved.
Happy, sad, or unfinished-- the end is the end.
What is the resolution?
Under the microscope I placed the culture
of mycelium spores, plus some drops from my tincture.
The grew out of control!
Expanded well out the door!
I think I have a conflict with __________.
What is nature? / What is character vs. nature?
Describe 2 things that occurs in the rising action of Monsters on Maple Street.
Answer must include events after the power outage and before a Pete Van Horn is killed.
Martin does not like the elevator. It is creepy, and small, and shudders at every floor. Martin is experiencing ___________ conflict.
What is character vs. technology?
In the resolution of Lather and Nothing Else: These powerful, telling words are spoken as a dangerous, clean shaven man leaves a barber shop.
Answer should reflect the reason the man was there all along.
In the text he says: "They told me you would kill me. I came to find out of it was true. But it is not easy to kill. I know what I'm talking about."
There are six parts of plot.
But in this category, we've not named them all.
A tricky answer if presented too early.
Take action! There are two terms we're missing!
'Twould be your team's rise or fall!
What are rising action and falling action?
Explain the difference between these two situations.
a. You argue with your parents about being grounded.
b. You argue with your principal about your favorite pizza topping.
Explanations vary.
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A is Character vs. Society
b is Character vs. Character
The authors of "What's the Worst that Could Happen?" and "The Elevator" used First Person Point of View, likely to highlight this specific type of conflict.
What is character vs. self?
It is a silly coincidence, that the climax in one story is a similar event as the falling action in another. Can you go out on a limb and name the events, and/or the two stories I'm talking about?
What's the Worst that Could Happen?
Murphy falls and breaks his leg (falling action)
The Elevator:
Martin falls and breaks his leg while running from the elevator/woman. (climax)
Stickers, stickers everywhere.
Sticker backings on the chair.
Jolly ranchers stuck like glue.
And the floor got gum on my shoe.
But where would a person find?
What the teacher has in mind...
For class today. The plan. The must do's.
Two places for sure, which do you choose?
The announcement slide at the top of Schoology.
On the whiteboard during worktime.