PLOT – The plot is the chain of related events that happen in a story. A plot is built around a conflict or struggle between opposing forces.

Match the definitions below to the correct plot line term.

___F___Rising Action ___B__ Plot  ___E___Resolution ___C___Exposition ___A___Climax ___G___Conflict  ___D___Falling Action

A. the highest point of interest and/or the turning point of the story  B. the chain of related events (beginning, middle, and end) that happen in a story  C. the beginning of the story where the characters and the setting are introduced and background information is given D. the events that follow the climax as the conflict begins to resolve itself E. this concludes the story by revealing the final effects of the conflict F. the events that build the story and reveal the conflict G. the struggle between opposing forces

Review the Plot Line for The Dinner Party.

1. Man vs. Man:

problem with another character

2. Man vs. Society:

problem with the laws or beliefs of a group

3. Man vs. Nature:

problem with force of nature

4. Man vs. Fate:

problem with a force of fate, or

luck.

5. Man vs. Technology:

problem with a mechanical antagonist

6. Man vs. Supernatural: problem

with gods, ghosts, monsters, spirits or aliens

7. Man vs. Self:

problem with deciding what to do or think

For each type of conflict listed below, identify one example from a class novel or short story.

Man vs. Man

Man vs. Nature Answers will vary

Man vs. Society

Man vs. Fate

Man vs. Self

Methods of Characterization

Speech What does the character say? How does the character speak?

ThoughtsWhat is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings?

Effect on

others

What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character?

ActionsWhat does the character do? How does the character behave?

LooksWhat does the character look like? How does the character dress?

In the novel Matched, Grandfather is quietly rebellious. Write the STEAL trait for each example below.

1.At Grandfather’s Final Banquet, there is “a wry twist to Grandfather’s mouth… as though he knows something they don’t.” He knows that his son will destroy his tissue sample, thus rebelling against the Society’s plans for the future. LOOKS

2.Cassia visits Grandfather on the day before his Final Banquet, which is the day he will die. She asks him what he’s thinking about. He replies, “Many things. A poem. An idea. Your grandmother.” Grandfather is tossing ideas around in his head. He wants to encourage Cassia to be an independent thinker, which means rebelling against the Society. THOUGHTS

3.Cassia tells Grandfather about the mistake on her Match microcard, and asks him what her grandmother would say about it. Grandfather responds, “She would ask you if you wondered.” His statement goes against the Society’s matching system, and it fuels Cassia’s desire to wonder… to rebel herself. SPEECH

4.Grandfather convinces Cassia’s father to destroy his tissue sample after he dies. The Society intends to keep the tissue samples with hopes of bringing people back to life in the future, and Grandfather wants to die on his own terms. EFFECT ON OTHERS

5.Grandfather gives Cassia a forbidden poem before he dies. The poem should have been destroyed years before, but he and Cassia’s grandmother hid it in her compact. “Grandfather looks at me with love in his eyes, and holds the paper out to me. A challenge, an offering, a gift.” ACTIONS

The key word when dealing with the difference between static and dynamic characters is internal change.

Static Characters are the same internally at the beginning and end of the story. (Static = STAY THE SAME)

Dynamic Characters change or grow internally because of the events of the story.

Identify one STATIC character from a novel or short story we have read this year. Explain what makes this character static. Answers will Vary

Identify one DYNAMIC character from a novel or short story we have read this year. Explain what makes this character dynamic. Answers will Vary

The time and location in which a story takes place is called the setting.

a) place - Where is the action of the story occurring? b) time - When is the story taking place?

c) weather conditions - Is it rainy, sunny, stormy, etc?

d) mood or atmosphere - What feeling is created? Is it bright and cheerful or dark and frightening?

Underline time, place, weather, & mood in the following passage from Owl Moon by Jane Yolen.

It was late one winter night (time), long past my bedtime, when Pa and I went owling. There was no wind. The trees stood still as giant statues. And the moon was so bright the sky seemed to shine. Somewhere behind us a train whistle blew, long and low, like a sad, sad song. (mood)

Our feet crunched over the crisp snow (weather) and little gray footprints followed us. Pa made a long shadow, but mine was short and round.

We reached the line of pine trees, (place- forest) black and pointy against the sky.

I could feel the cold, as if someone's icy hand was palm down on my back. (mood)

Mood is the effect of the writer's words on the reader. Mood is how the writer’s words make us feel.

Explain the mood in a particular scene of your class novel. (The Pearl or All the Broken Pieces.)

Irony is a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.

Situational Irony- something happens that we wouldn’t expect to happen

Dramatic Irony- the reader knows something the characters do not

Verbal Irony- what is said is different than what is meant

Irony is a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.

What was ironic in The Dinner Party?

A simile is when two things are compared using the words LIKE or AS.

 A metaphor compares two things, but it does so directly WITHOUT

using as or like. A metaphor states that something is something else.

 Personification is a figure of speech that uses human (or

personal) characteristics to describe non-human objects or ideas. Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a

line or sentence. Hyperbole is an extreme EXAGGERATION for dramatic effect.  Onomatopoeia is the use of words that SOUND like the objects or

actions they describe.

Noun (Naming Word) Definition: names a person, place, thing, or idea, including days and months; it can act or be

acted uponExample: The kids like to play soccer in July. 

Pronoun (Replaces a Noun)Definition: replaces a nounExample: A boy scores a goal, and he is very excited! 

Verb (Action/State of Being Word)Definition: shows physical or mental movement, being or state of being; combines with

another verb to form a phrase, and links the subject to words that describe itExample: The kids kick the soccer ball, run up and down the field, and feel tired at the end of

the game. 

Adjective (Describing Word)Definition: describes a noun or pronoun by telling what kind, how many, or which oneExample: The energetic kids play two sports in sunny July. 

Adverb (Describes a Verb)Definition: describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb; tells how, when, where, or to

what extent; often ends in “-ly”Example: The player easily scored another goal and happily ran back to the starting line.

In the following story, identify each of the 13 underlined word as a Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, or Adverb!

Three (adj) blind mice scurried quietly (adv) through the room, searching

for their cheese. One intelligent (adj) mouse found his cheese by sniffing

the air. Another wise mouse located his (pronoun) cheese by swishing his

tail left (adv) and right. The last (adj) mouse was (verb) too (adv) slow.

He rarely (adv) kept up with the others. As the first two mice dashed into

their small hole, mouse (noun) #3 discovered that his hunk of cheddar had

been eaten by the cat. He narrowly escaped (verb)the ferocious feline,

diving through the hole (noun) just in time to share a few nibbles of

cheese (noun) with his friends!

The Dinner PartyThank You Ma’amThe Pearl or All the Broken Pieces

MUG Quizzes (Especially MUG #2!)