Sequence of events in a story
What is a plot?
This sentence is a statement or a fact.
What is declarative?
It's the only sentence that uses a question mark.
What is interrogative?
Do you prefer pizza plain or with toppings
Question mark
Time and place a story takes place
What is a setting?
Characters figure out the conflict; high point of the story.
What is the climax?
This sentence gives a command or an order.
What is imperative?
This sentence usually uses an exclamation point.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
Wow that is an amazing sunset
Exclamation point
The problem the characters deal with/figure out.
What is a conflict?
This sentence shows strong emotion.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
This sentence usually uses a period at the end.
What is a declarative sentence?
What is your favorite holiday of the whole year
Question mark
ID this conflict: an argument characters have with each other.
EXTERNAL CONFLICT
The action is building up; characters try to figure out a problem.
What is the rising action?
This sentence asks a question.
What is an interrogative sentence?
We had 25 days of rain this summer
Period at the end
What is an internal conflict?