This photograph was taken of a cruise ship dumping into the ocean. In one paragraph in your English journal, write what you think the attitude of the person(s) responsible for this dumping is ? How do feel the people on board would feel about it? How do think the people on the beach would feel about it? Make sure your paragraph has a good topic sentence, good supporting detail, and a good concluding sentence.

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EnglishSummer Reading

2010

Elements of a Story

Elements of a StorySPCTP

SettingThe

What is the setting of Flush? Hint, Hint: p. 4 and 5

Place

Time

Setting

In a Text Box, write a good sentence telling what page and paragraph of the book where you find proof of the setting of Flush. Then, write one sentence about the time and a sentence about the place of Flush.

Setting

Point of View1st Person Point of View

A character in the story is the narrator; can only see/tell personal thoughts/feelings and what he/she is told by others; uses the pronouns - I, me, we/us, my/mine.

3rd Person Point of View The narrator is someone outside the story; not a

character in the story; three types:

3rd Person Objective – The narrator reports only what they see/hear.

3rd Person Limited – The narrator sees into the mind of one other character.3rd Person Omniscient – The narrator is all-knowing and can enter the minds of more than one of the characters.

Point of View

From what point of view is Flush told?

Who is the narrator of Flush?

Point of View

In a Text Box using pink, bold font, write a good sentence stating from what point of view Flush is told. Write another sentence about the narrator. (Pink = POV)

Point of View

In a Text Box using pink, bold font, type a quote from the book that proves this book is first-person POV. In parentheses following the sentence, place the page number Ex: (p. 4)

Point of View

PlotThe sequence of events in a story; the

order things happen.EIRCFR

1, 2, 3…

…5, 6, 7

What is the climax of flush?

What is the resolution?

Plot

ThemeThe point the author is trying to get across; underlying meaning of the story; an opinion on a topic; not all

works have one.

CharacterizationThe way the author portrays the

characters, their personalities, and their physical appearance; what they

say or do.