Conflict
What is the definition of "internal" conflict?
What is the definition of "external" conflict?
An issue that a character faces within him/her self.
An issue between a character and an outside force.
What can an author's purpose be?
To persuade
To inform
To entertain
What is theme?
The lesson/moral of the story
What are the elements of plot?
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
What is a subordinating conjunction?
What is a coordinating conjunction?
Connects an independent clause to a dependent clause.
A word or phrase that connects 2 or more independent clauses.
What type of Conflict: Amy is walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night. All of the lights are off but she knows the way. Suddenly lightning strikes her house and she smells fire.
External Conflict
Man vs Nature
List all of the author's purpose, and provide an example for each
Answers may vary
Persuade - Political Speech
Inform - HMH books
Entertain - Greys Anatomy
What is the theme? What is the main idea?
Tim hated his old baseball glove. He wanted to play with a new glove, but he didn't have any money, so he decided to steal it. But when Tim got caught stealing the glove, his parents said he couldn't play baseball all summer.
Theme = Stealing is never a good option/Stealing can make you lose more than you took.
Main Idea= Tim stole a baseball glove because he couldn't afford one.
Rising action = building tension, all details that will lead to the climax.
Falling action = things are winding down, unanswered questions are answered.
What is the acronym for a subordinating conjunction?
What is the acronym for a coordinating conjunction?
AWHITEBUS
FANBOYS
Zoee wants to watch her favorite TV show tonight, but knows she has a huge Social Studies test tomorrow.
Internal Conflict
Man vs. Self
What purpose does this paragraph serve?
Dream experiments on people are limited, too. The dream-filled part of adult sleep takes 90 minutes to kick in. So researchers have to settle in and wait. And the machine they use to scan participants’ brains—called an fMRI—is noisy. It can prevent some people from falling asleep.
A. to argue that studying dreams is the most difficult experiment in neuroscience
B. to explain what the occupation of a neuroscientist entails
C. to establish that mice were the first sleep study participants
D. to show difficulties with conducting sleep experiments
D
Identify the theme
Aesop's FableOne day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up, it was as heavy as lead, and he was going to throw it away because he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on second thoughts, and soon found to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs. As he grew rich he grew greedy; and thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find nothing. What is the theme of this story?
Greed gets you nothing in the end.
Which of the following is an example of internal conflict?A
A. The Titans throw large rocks and boulders at Prometheus.
B. Prometheus wonders why the Titans waste so much strength.
C. Creatures such as birds, lions, and turtles become fearful of humanity.
D. Jupiter and the gods go to battle against the Titans.
B
Which sentence is written correctly using the correct coordinating conjunction?
A. People fall into an especially deep sleep at this stage but, it is especially difficult to wake them up.
B. People fall into an especially deep sleep at this stage, though it is especially difficult to wake them up.
C. People fall into an especially deep sleep at this stage, and it is especially difficult to wake them up.
D. People fall into an especially deep sleep at this stage as, it is especially difficult to wake them up.
C
Jim and Jane come over to invite Tim over to their house. Tim tells them that he can't go because he has to work on retyping his paper. Jim and Jane get angry and ask him why he cares more about school than he does them.
External Conflict
Man vs. Society/ Man vs. Man
What is the author's purpose?
The wind at the beach is whipping at 95 miles an hour. Waves 16 feet tall are crashing down. Even sharks are heading out to calmer waters. A hurricane is on its way. These powerful storms have different names depending on where in the world they form. They’re called hurricanes if they occur in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and eastern Pacific Ocean. In the western Pacific Ocean, they’re known as typhoons; in the southern Pacific and Indian Oceans, they’re called cyclones. Hurricanes are strong storms that start in the ocean and have winds of at least 74 miles an hour. In the Northern Hemisphere (the part of Earth north of the equator), hurricanes generally occur between mid-August to late October. In the Southern Hemisphere (the area south of the equator), storm season is between April and December, with peak storm activity around May and November. During these times, oceans have warmer water, which is what a hurricane needs to form. Hurricanes begin when a tropical depression forms in the ocean. A tropical depression is a line of rain showers and weak thunderstorms that circle around an area of low air pressure. If the water is at least 79°F, a hurricane might form. The low air pressure causes the hot, humid air from the ocean to rise in a spiral shape. As that warm air rises, it releases heat, cools down, and condenses into gusty bands of clouds and storms. The low-pressure area continues to suck up hot, moist air, and the spiral gets stronger and faster.
To inform
Identify the theme.
Money Mark was born rich. He never had to work a day in his life and he got everything handed to him on a silver platter. When he was six, Money Mark wanted to go to a basketball game. His father paid the starting five of the Bulls and Celtics to play a private game of Nerf-ball in Money Mark's bedroom. When Money Mark turned thirteen, he wanted to start a band. His father hired the Rolling Stones to play with him every Saturday at the family's private concert hall, though his family was never there. By the time he was twenty-one, Money Mark was bored with life. He was surrounded by a bunch of possessions that he didn't appreciate and Money Mark could find nothing new or exciting in his life. Despite his vast wealth, Money Mark never found happiness. Penny Petal was born poor. Her family hardly had anything to eat, but they loved each other. Penny Petal appreciated every thing she got. When she was six, her father walked her around the United Center before the Bulls played the Celtics. She was excited by the crazy fans and feeling in the air. She looked forward to the day that she could see a real game. When she was thirteen, she learned to play the buckets. She was an extremely talented musician, a natural percussionist, and everyone on the block loved the rhythms that poured from her palms. By the time she was twenty-one, Penny was a successful businesswoman. Now she had everything that she had ever dreamed of and she truly loved to share her wealth and happiness with her family who supported her through all of the hard times.
Answer may vary. Money doesn't buy happiness. You don't appreciate the things for which you don't work.
Which of these is an example of external conflict?
A. Mr. Underhill’s epic battle with Blackbeard.
B. The protagonist in The Raven wrestling with his sanity.
C. The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart battling with his conscience.
D. Madame Loisel agonizing over the loss of Madame Forestier’s necklace.
E. Rainsford struggling with his fear of being killed.
A
What is the best way to effectively combine these sentences to make a compound sentence?
A. The dream-filled part of adult sleep takes 90 minutes to kick in, so researchers have to settle in and wait.
B. The dream-filled part of adult sleep takes 90 minutes to kick in so researchers have to settle in and wait.
C. The dream-filled part of adult sleep takes 90 minutes to kick in because researchers have to settle in and wait.
D. The dream-filled part of adult sleep takes 90 minutes to kick in but researchers have to settle in and wait.
A
Name all types of conflict
1. Man vs. Self
2. Man vs. Man
3. Man vs. Society
4. Man vs. Technology
5. Man vs. Supernatural
6. Man vs. Nature
Can an author have more than one purpose?
What is the purpose of Women in Aviation?
What example from the text lets you know?
Argue how the text can be to entertain with an example.
Yes
To Inform
Answers may vary
Identify the theme and explain why:
The Donkey and his Buyer A man who wanted to buy a Donkey went to market, and, coming across a likely-looking beast, arranged with the owner that he should bellowed to take him home on trial to see what he was like. When here ached home, he put him into his stable along with the other donkeys. The new Donkey took a look around, and immediately went and chose a place next to the laziest and greediest beast in the stable. When the master saw this he put a halter on him at once, and led him off and handed him back to his owner again. The owner was a good deal surprised to seem him back so soon, and said, "Why, do you mean to say you have tested him already?" "I don't want to put him through any more tests, "replied the other. "I could see what sort of beast he is from the companion he chose for himself."
A person is known by the company he or she keeps
This answer is correct because the story illustrates the concept that a person's character can be judged by the company they choose to associate with. In the story, the new Donkey immediately chooses to be near the laziest and greediest beast in the stable, indicating that he shares similar qualities. This can be applied to human relationships as well, suggesting that the people a person surrounds themselves with can reflect their own character and values.
At what point does the protagonist comes to understand what goal they want to achieve, or what obstacle to overcome?
What is the "meat" of the story?
What helps us understand the context/circumstances of a situation?
Rising Action
Rising Action
Exposition
List all conjunctions for AWHITEBUS
A- Although, As, After
W-When, Whenever, Where, Whereve, While
H- How, However
I- If
T- Than, Though
E- Even if, Even though
B- Before, Because
U- Unless, Until
S-So that, Since