Plot Diagram
The first part of the plot diagram. The beginning of a story.
The Exposition
The different between a sentence fragment and a run-on sentence.
Fragment- missing a part. Run-on- not connected correctly.
The barking dog, hammering, and sirens all added to the din.
Din means?
Loud noise
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Sophia said, Get out of the rain!
Sophia said, "Get out of the rain!"
Correct this sentence: When I walked passed the cemetary, I couldn’t beleive my eyes! Fourty zombies were lurching toward me, and they were definately ready to attack.
cemetery, believe, forty, definitely
The second part of the plot diagram. Occurs after a "call to action" and leads up to the third part.
Rising Action
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Brittany was a little nervous for Monday. Because she had her first math test that day.
Brittany was a little nervous for Monday, because she will had her first math test that day.
Make sure you have a good ladder and that it’s positioned steadily. Otherwise, you’ll be sure to find yourself in a precarious situation.
Precarious means?
not securely in position, dangerous
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Once the train arrives we will be on are way.
Once the train arrives, we will be on our way.
You can only use a comma to combine two separate parts of a sentence when it is used with a ____?
conjunction
The third part of the plot diagram. The most exciting part of the story.
The Climax
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It was here we first decided to become marine biologists, of course at the time we thought this meant actually living with the fish.
It was here we first decided to become marine biologists. Of course, at the time, we thought this meant actually living with the fish.
She collected books steadily and never threw any away. Over the years, she amassed hundreds of them.
Amassed means?
Gathered
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When I turn forty five I would have been a coal miner for twenty two years
When I turn forty-five, I will have been a coal miner for twenty-two years.
The tone is how the author feels about a topic and the mood is how the reader feels.
The fourth part of the plot diagram. Occurs after the most exciting part of the story. Leads down into the ending.
Falling Action
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My freshman year is going well so far. Knowing that no matter what, I am going to achieve my goals.
My freshman year is going well so far; knowing that no matter what, I am going to achieve my goals.
No, she's most definitely not callous. Instead, she feels everything very deeply and assumes that others will too.
Callous means?
insensitive
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Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon.
No correction.
An example of ethos being used in an advertisement
credibility: a doctor or celebrity
The fifth, and final part of the plot diagram. How the story ends.
The resolution
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As he was about to leave, he stopped to tell the Cyclops his real name then he threw a boulder that almost killed Odysseus and some of his crew.
As he was about to leave, he stopped to tell the Cyclops his real name. Then he threw a boulder that almost killed Odysseus and some of his crew.
I thought her umbrella was superfluous since it was a cloudless day.
Superfluous means?
unnecessary
Correct this sentence:
The cashere gave me two hundred and sixteen dollars sixty two cents
The different between there, their, and they're.
There=place, Their=possession, They're= they, are