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Plot and Conflict
What makes a great story? Unit 1 Notes
Warm UpYou and your group members are stranded on a deserted island.
•You only have the items written on your group’s notecard with you to survive and escape.
•Work with your group to write a short tale describing the events that occurred on your island.
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PlotNarrative is a fancy
word for storyPlot = the series of
events in a narrative
Conflict
Conflict is at the heart of any good story.
Conflict is a struggle between opposing forces.
Two types of conflict:
internal conflict = a struggle within the character’s mind
external conflict = a clash between a character and an outside force, such as another character, society, or a force of nature
Specific Internal/External
ConflictsInternal Conflict Types
External Conflict Types
character vs. himself: a struggle between opposing needs, desires, and emotions within the character
character vs. character: two characters struggle against each other (verbally, physically, etc.)
character vs. society: a character struggling against society’s pressures (the expectations of a group, cultural traditions, social rules, etc.)
character vs. nature: a character struggling against forces of nature (storm, flood, drought, bitter cold, etc.)
Famous Stories and their conflicts
Famous text:
conflict : internal or external
• What type?
why? :
Famous text:
conflict: internal or external
• What type?
why?:
Plot Structure
Exposition: introduces setting, characters, and conflict
Rising Action: builds suspense; presents complications that intensify the conflict
Climax: the turning point; moment of greatest suspense; makes outcome of conflict clear
Falling Action: eases the suspense, reveals the outcome of the climax, shows the resolution of the conflict
Resolution: reveals the final outcome, ties up loose ends
Narrative Structure Mountain
• Which goes where???
• Falling action
• Exposition
• Resolution
• Rising action
• Climax
Sequence and Time
Most stories follow chronological order (events follow a linear structure meaning they follow in the order they happened)
However, sometimes author’s chose to play with the order of events:
Flashback: an account of a conversation, episode, or event that happened before the beginning of the story, or at an earlier point
Foreshadowing: a writers use of hints or clues in early scenes to suggest events that will occur later
Flashback is... An image or memory clue to help me remember flashback:
What does flashback do in a story?
Strategies to recognize flashback:
Flashback
Flashback is...• an account that
occurred at an earlier time
An image or memory clue to help me
remember flashback:
What does flashback do in a story? •interrupts the main action to describe something that happened earlier• shows how past events led to the present• gives background info
Strategies to recognize flashback: •Look for possible word clues such as “that summer” or “as a young boy” or “her earliest memory”•Keep track of chronological order to recognize flashback
Flashback
Foreshadowing is... An image or memory clue to help me remember foreshadowing...
What does foreshadowing do in a story?
Strategies to recognize foreshadowing:
Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is...
• use of hints to suggest what will
happen later
An image or memory clue to help me remember foreshadowing...
What does foreshadowing
do in a story? •prepares the reader for
events that will happen
later•creates suspense•makes you want to keep
reading
Strategies to recognize
foreshadowing:
• notice repeated ideas
and descriptions
•notice characters acting
unusually or strangely
Foreshadowing