Plot Review
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6th - 8th Grade
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Bryce Hespe
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Today's Assignments
1.2.4 and 1.2.5
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introduces the characters
introduces the setting
gives us background knowledge important to the story
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begins with inciting incident - where the conflict(s) start
where the plot truly begins
we are waiting to see what will happen next
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the turning point in the story
we see what happens; we find the answer to the conflict
changes the character in some way
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events that lead to the resolution
how do we get to the happily ever after?
we see what happens in their lives next
The End
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Multiple Choice
Which sentence in the passage is the best example of a climax?
1) Jonah's mother was having a baby, but they didn't know if it would be a boy or a girl. 2) Jonah very much wanted a sister, because he already had a brother. 3) Jonah waited impatiently at home with his grandmother until his father finally returned from the hospital. 4) His father picked him up, hugged him, and told him he had a baby sister. 5)Jonah would wind up treating his sister like a princess for their entire lives.
1) Jonah's mother was having a baby, but they didn't know if it would be a boy or a girl.
2) Jonah very much wanted a sister, because he already had a brother.
3) Jonah waited impatiently at home with his grandmother until his father finally returned from the hospital.
4) His father picked him up, hugged him, and told him he had a baby sister.
5) Jonah would wind up treating his sister like a princess for their entire lives.
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Sentence 1 and 2 introduce the characters and the conflict.
Sentence 3 is the rising action as we wait with Jonah and are excited to see what comes next.
Sentence 4 is where we finally find out! Woah! Big reveal! It's a girl!
Sentence 5 is the falling action and resolution (what happens now that he has a sister?).
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Multiple Select
Which sentence(s) in the passage are the best example of exposition?
1) Snow was falling. 2) Kara, who stood with the crowd watching the bike race, kept her eye on her sister, who was in the lead. 3) Kara knew the snow would make the course more slippery and dangerous, and that made her worry. 4) The flakes of snow grew bigger and wetter and started coming down even harder.
1) Snow was falling.
2) Kara, who stood with the crowd watching the bike race, kept her eye on her sister, who was in the lead.
3) Kara knew the snow would make the course more slippery and dangerous, and that made her worry.
4) The flakes of snow grew bigger and wetter and started coming down even harder.
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Sentences 1 and 2 introduce the setting (snowing at a bike race), the characters (Kara and her sister), and some background information (her sister is a good racer).
Sentences 3 and 4 set up the conflict and danger, but don't show us a crash or near crash.
Story doesn't get this far!
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Today's Assignments
1.2.4 and 1.2.5
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