Orientation
These two questions should be answered during the Orientation? (Who, What, When, Where, Why)
What is
Who & Where
Often emerges during the rising action, what is the struggle that the protagonist goes through in a story.
What is?
Conflict
What part of the plot follows the climax and shows how the conflict is resolved?
What is?
Falling Action
Part of the story after the falling action and where a story comes to a conclusion.
What is?
Resolution
Do resolutions always provide a happy ending?
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no - can be sad or happy ending
Your story begins with: “The gunshot echoed through the valley. I dropped to the ground and pulled my brother behind the rocks.” What technique is the writer using to immediately create action and tension?
In Media Res/Sizzling Start
This part of the rising action often includes hints of conflicts that will develop later.
What is?
Foreshadowing
The climax is often referred to as the ____________ of the story.
What is?
Turning point
What happens to the tension in the falling action?
What is?
It decreases
At the end of this film, a lil boy continues to hear the silver bell ring and realizes the ones who hear it are those who believe in Christmas.
What is?
The Polar Express
This is one thing you should avoid spending too many words on in an 800-word short story.
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A really long description of the setting
In the rising actions of this animated film, a young girl dresses up as a man and takes her fathers place in the army.
What is?
Mulan
In this animated film, the protagonist faces off against his uncle, who is revealed to be the true villain, in a final showdown.
What is?
The Lion King
In the falling actions of what film does a red head and a rat make an infamous food critic surprised by their dish that brings him back to his childhood.
What is?
Ratatouille
This is resolved during the resolution to give the story a sense of closure.
What is?
The main conflict
A strong orientation should make the reader want to keep reading by starting to introduce a situation that could lead to this.
What is
Conflict/Tension/Problem
What is the main function of the rising action?
What is?
To build tension and develop conflicts
In this superhero film, the protagonist decides to erase everyone's memory of him in order to protect his loved ones.
What is?
Spider-Man: No Way Home
In this film, two green ogres reveal their feelings for each other and one of them takes their true form
What is?
Shrek
At the end of this animated film, a young boy gets sent back to the land of the living where he plays his great grandfathers guitar to his grandfather in hopes for her to remember him and she does.
What is?
Coco
A young boy lives with relatives who treat him badly. He discovers that he is actually a wizard and is invited to attend a magical school.
What is
Harry Potter
In what film does a car damage the roads of a small town and is sentenced to repair it.
What is?
Cars
Name the film where the climax is when the ship is sinking, and Jack dies in the freezing water while holding Rose's hand?
What is?
Titanic
Name the novel where the falling action involves a character escaping to safety after winning a survival game.
What is?
The Hunger Games
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