What Are The Parts of the Plot?

1. What Are The Parts of the Plot?

2. The Parts of the Plot • Climax – The point of greatest interest and emotional involvement in a work of fiction • Falling Action – in a work of fiction , the events that develop from the climax and lead to the conclusion • Denoument (resolution) the final outcome of a work of fiction

4. PLOT DIAGRAM Climax Rising Action Conflict Falling Action Exposition Resolution

5. The Parts of the Plot • Exposition- an introduction to the main characters , setting , and situations of a work of fiction • Rising Action- The events and complications that lead to an important and dramatic point in a work of fiction

6. The Plot • The sequence of events in a work of fiction Usually told in chronological order but sometimes told in flashbacks. The heart of the plot is the conflict.

7. Conflict • The struggle between opposing forces, the antagonist and the protagonist. • Two types of conflict: • Internal – struggles that occur within the protagonist • External – struggles outside of the protagonist

8. Types of Conflict • Man against man - external • Man against himself - internal • Man against nature - external • Man against society - external

9. What are the Elements of the Short Story? Characters • The people in the story

10. Characterization • The writers development of characters • There are two methods of characterization - direct - indirect

11. Direct characterization • The author makes direct statements about the character to give the reader a picture of the character. (usually about appearance)

12. Indirect Characterization The author reveals character indirectly. • The character’s words reveals personality • The character’s actions reveals personality • The character’s thoughts reveal personality • A character’s word’s reveal other characters • A character’s statements reveal another character’s personality

13. Types of characters • Main characters – antagonist/ protagonist • Round character • Flat characters • Foil • Stereotype • static

14. Protagonist/ Antagonist • Protagonist – the main character in a work of fiction • Antagonist- the character or force that opposes the protagonist in a conflict

15. Types of characters • Flat- a character who demonstrates only one aspect of personality • Round-A character who demonstrates several different aspects of personality • Stereotype- a familiar character whose behavior is predictable • Static- a character whose personality and values remain unchanged • Foil - a character whose behavior is just the opposite of the protagonist

16. Setting • The time and place in which a story takes place • Key details are often clues to the setting such as sounds and smells

17. Point of view • The story teller from whose perspective the story is being told

18. Point of View Omniscient – the all knowing storyteller who is not a character in the story but who know everything about every characater including how that character thinks and feels.

19. Point of View First Person – One of the characters in the story who talks to us using I, the first person pronoun. We only know what this character sees and hears about events and about other characters. We only know what this narrator chooses for us to know.

20. Point of View Third person limited – The story zooms in on just one character. We witness events just as this character witnesses them. We share what this character feels and thinks and how he or she reacts to other characters in the story. We are limited however because what we know about other characters is limited to this character’s perceptions.

21. Theme • The main idea or attitude toward life expressed in a work of fiction. A theme may be stated or implied

22. How to determine a Story’s Theme? • A theme may be stated or implied • A theme is not the same as a moral, which is a rule of conduct • Ask how the protagonist has changed during the story • Consider the title. It may hint at the meaning of the story. • A theme must be expressed as a generalization about life or human nature. It should refer to specific characters or events in the story. 6.A theme should explain the whole story not parts of the story. 7. There is no correct way to state a theme of a story

23. Elements of Fiction • Atmosphere- the feeling that hangs over a story. Setting , details and dialogue can help to create a work’s atmosphere. • Mood-the feeling the reader gets when reading a work of literature. • Tone- The attitude that a writer takes toward the characters and the subject of a work of fiction. • Suspense –the quality of a wok of fiction that makes the reader curious or tense about the outcome • Foreshadowing – a writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a work of fiction. • Flashback – a scene in a work of fiction that interrupts the action to show events that happened earlier. Flashbacks usually provide background information about the characters.

24. Figurative Language • Imagery-Anything that appeals to the five sense (touch, taste, sight, smell, hearing) ex. A sunny day (sight) • Hyperbole- an exaggeration for effect • Ex. “ raining cats and dogs” • Simile- a comparison using like or as. ex. “as blue as the sky • Metaphor. A direct comparison Ex. It is a blue sky” • Personification- giving human qualities to something that is inanimate or not human. ex. The “sun smiled on us”