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What is the definition of plot?
What happens in a story.
What is the definition of setting?
Where and when a story takes place.
What is another word for problem?
Conflict.
What is another word for solution?
Resolution.
What is the definition of summary?
A shortened version of the story.
What do all fictional stories have? (think of sequence)
Beginning, Middle, End
What should all sentences have?
A capital letter and a punctuation mark at the end.
When is the problem is the problem introduce?
In the beginning.
Where does the resolution happen?
The conclusion, the end of the story or conclusion
What is theme?
The BIG IDEA, Message, Moral, Lesson
What are the elements of plot structure?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What are text features? Give me three examples of a text feature?
Text that are not part of the main body of work. Answers may vary.
Describe what author's purpose is.
Why the author writes what he wrote.
Entertain, Inform, Persuade
What comes before the resolution?
The falling action
Describe the 3 point of views?
How do you identify the plot?
Find the main problem in the story, track the sequence of events that led up to the main character solving (or attempting to solve) the problem
What part of plot structure is the setting written in?
The exposition
When does main character face their problem?
At the climax.
What is fiction? Name three fiction genres.
A story that is made up.
Realistic, Fantasy, Science, Etc.
What sequence is the summary told in?
Beginning, Middle, End
Draw and label a plot structure chart on the back board?
Answers vary.
What can the setting affect?
Characters personalities, actions, lives, etc, Conflicts, Genre, Problem, and Plot
What are the 4 types of conflict?
Person v. Person, Nature, Self, Society
How should you use to answer all open response questions?
You should answer using RAP.
Restate, Answer, Prove.
What does GPPS stand for?
Genre, Purpose, Point of View, Structure