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Character Conflict: Why can't they just get along?
Excuse me Mr. Author Sir, but why did you write that? Authors Purpose.
Famous Protagonist and Antagonist
Plotting a Story Map
Theme, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details
100
Pecos Bill laso'ed that there tornado and rode it until it blew itself out.
What is Character vs. Nature
100
Slurpy Burpy Cola is not only good tasting, it is garaunteed to make you belch better and longer than ever before.
What is to persuade?
100
Harry Potter is one of the most famous of these.
What is a protagonist.
100
The turning point of a story.
What is the climax.
100
The reason you should vote for Dirk Novinsky for the NBA most valuable player is that he lead the league in free throw shooting, field goal percentage, scoring, and was in the top ten in assists and rebounds. The reasons are examples of this.
What are supporting details?
200
Frodo stood on the edge of Mount Doom, torn on what he should do. Through the ring into the volcano, or take the power of the ring by placing it on his finger
What is Character vs. Self
200
The 6th grade science text covers earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, tornadoes and all kinds of natural disasters.
What is to inform?
200
He not only wore a spooky outfit in which you never saw his face in Star Wars but he was also one of the most famous of antagonist in movies.
Who is Darth Vader?
200
This concludes the story and resolves the conflict.
What is the resolution.
200
The lesson learned in the story where a turtle wins a race against a rabbit because he never gives up might be "Slow and steady wins the race." This is an example of the stories ______________.
What is theme?
300
The Sixth Worm - Billy gulped it triumphantly, serene, untroubled. By the door Alan his mind racing: He's gonna do it, he'll win, what'll I do? Fifty dollars. Joe sat on an overturned pale, whistling, gazing carelessly about. What had gon wrong. Why had he not cracked. Outside, Tom lurked sheepishly in the bushes...
What is third person - omniscient?
300
Seedfolks is a book that is written not only to inspire the reader but to also _____________.
What is to entertain?
300
In horror stories like the Chuckie series, Chuckie is main character but is very evil. Thus Chuckie must be the protagonist or antagonist.
What is the protagonist?
300
In this part of the story the conflicts are developed leading up to the stories climax.
What is the rising action.
300
In each paragraph an author will have this, which in effect is what the paragraph is all about.
What is the main idea?
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How to get an A on all your warm-ups. This is really quite easy because all you have to do is answer the warm-up each day and show it to your teacher at the end of the week. Really that is all you have to do.
What is second person?
400
Most poetry is written for this purpose.
What is to entertain?
400
Sponge Bob's friend Squidward is this (protagonist/antagonist)
What is the antagonist?
400
This occurs right after the climax and helps wrap up the lose ends of the story. Yertle the Turtle was a perfect story to exemplify this since Yertle "fell" into the mud.
What is falling action.
400
The main idea of a paragraph is often found in this part of the paragraph.
What is the first sentence?
500
From the Great Gilly Hopkins - William Ernest scrambled off the couch after the two women, and Gilly was left alone with the dust, the out-of-tune piano, and the satisfaction that she had indeed started off on the right foot in her new foster home. She could stand anything, she thought, a gross guardian, a freaky kid, an ugly dirty house - as long as she was in charge.
What is third person limited.
500
A Thesaurus is written for this purpose.
What is to inform?
500
In Batman, one of his antagonist despite his name was not very funny (despite his clown like make-up) in fact he could be down right scary and mean.
Who is the Joker.
500
This occurs at the beginning of the story. The authors uses this part of the story to introduce the setting and the characters.
What is the exposition?
500
"A mans word is his bond" , "Never put off until tomorrow what you should accomplish today", and "Jealously will consume the it's owner" are all examples of this.
What are themes?