Stages of Plot
This introduces a story's setting and characters.
What is the exposition?
Susan's height had people asking if she played basketball.
What are looks?
She had the first successful brain transplant.
Who is Alice?
"Suddenly, Alice thought she understood the elaborate cake. She made it because she felt guilty, Alice thought, guilty for thinking, way down deep, that I’m not really the same daughter she knew before."
What Signpost is being demonstrated here?
What is an Aha Moment?
The struggle between opposing forces that leads to the climax of the story.
What is a conflict?
A story's moment of greatest interest
What is the climax?
The robber watched the bank for days.
What are actions?
Her guilt prompted her to bake a cake.
Who is Alice's mother?
a facial expression of pain or disgust
What is a grimace?
Name the 4 main types of conflicts that can occur in stories.
What are Character vs Character, Character vs Self, Character vs Nature, Character vs Society?
This is where the conflict is presented and developed.
What is the rising action?
When Jane walked down the hall, people turned their heads.
What is effect on others?
Her brain was damaged but has a perfect body.
Who is Gail?
"One year, when they were little girls, the suggestion that they would have to share a wish sent them into fits of crying which their parents could only resolve by filling the cake slices back into the cake and lighting the candles for a third and fourth time."
What Signpost is being demonstrated?
What is Memory Moment?
The main type of conflict that Alice faces in the story.
What is character vs self?
This brings the story to a close.
What is the resolution?
"Yo, I can't go tonight. I have to study for the test."
What is speech?
She teases her sister about the way she now acts and looks.
Who is Jenny?
"Alice took to wearing sunglasses all the time, to remind herself, to keep something constantly in front of her eyes..." "Alice was mesmerized by the unfamiliar eyes, big and brown and dark. Whenever her father painted her, he’d spend most of his time on the eyes. The eyes are the mirror of the soul, he used to say." Which Signpost are these quotes demonstrating?
What is Again and Again?
Alice and Jenny argue about sharing diaries and birthday cake. Name the type of conflict.
What is Character vs Character?
Where the characters deal with the results of the story's turning point
What is the falling action?
Shelia's mind raced. I have to get home before Mom and Dad.
What are thoughts?
At the end of the story, this character knows his daughter is gone.
Who is Mr. Jarred?
The feeling that one would get when realizing they forgot to study for a summative assessment.
What is disquiet?
Reporters hound Alice and her family, and everyone in the world knows about her brain transplant. Name the type of conflict.
What is character vs. society?