Plot and Setting

Define plot.is a series of related events, like

links in a chain

Describe conflict.A struggle or dispute having opposing views or actionsi.e. buying asoda and vending machine not providing the soda

Explain external conflict.Struggle that takes place

between 2 characters (Batman vs. Joker), between a character and a group (teen vs. gang members), or between a character and something nonhuman

(victim vs. racism, girl vs. soda machine).

Explain internal conflict.takes place within a character’s

mind or heart (character vs. himself)

i.e. A girl’s desire to buy soda to quench her thirst conflicts with

her guilt of breaking her sugarless diet.

Ticket out the DoorName an example of an external

conflict and internal conflict from a movie.

In the movie/story titled, ___(italicize or underline

title)_____, the external conflict is between ______ and _______ because __________ whereas the internal conflict is between _____ and _______ due to ______________.

What does a plot diagram consist of?

A plot diagram consists of four major parts.

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What is the basic situation/exposition? The opening of the story, when

the characters and their conflict are introduced.

i.e.-Box 1

Examine the complication(s).The main character takes some

action to resolve the conflict but meets with more problems or complications, danger, and new threatening situation

i.e.Box 2

How do you know when the climax occurs?Key scene in the story—tense,

exciting or terrifying moment when our emotional involvement is greatest.

Learn outcome of the conflict is going to be (i.e. turning point)

i.e. Box 3

Describe the resolution.Occurs at the end of the storyAll struggles are over, and we

know what is going to happen to the characters.

i.e. Box 4

Plot and Setting: It’s all in the Timing

What is chronological order?The order in which events unfold

in real time.

When does flashback occur?

Writers interrupt the flow of events to present and episode from the past.

Why is the comic strip below an example of flashback?

How can the reader use flash-forward?Instead of going back to the past,

writers can jump ahead to the future by using flash-forward.

i.e. a young girl is dreaming about her wedding day, flash-forward to the future and the character is walking down the aisle

How can the reader identify foreshadowing?Writer brings the future into the

present by using foreshadowingHint at what will happen next or

lateri.e. in a scary movie it becomes

dark and music speeds up in tempo (foreshadows something “bad” is about to happen)

Setting

What is setting?It tells the readers where and

when a story takes place.Guess the setting below:

Define mood/atmosphereIt affects the way readers feelGuess what the mood is below:"I shivered as I walked through

the dim hallway.  The hairs on the back of my neck stood on end and I hurried my pace to get away from the frowning portraits gazing down at me." 

Mood is filled with anxiety or frightening

Define toneAn attitude toward a subject or

characterGuess the tone the writer uses

below: I may not be getting an A in Ms.

Tran’s English class right now, but I’m sure I will get an A by the end of the quarter.

The tone is optimistic.

1.Think of a Disney story that has the framework of plot.

2.Class circle map of ideas approved by the teacher.

3.T.O.D.- Write down two stories you would like to do your project from the circle map.

4.Draw a plot diagram on an 8x11white sheet identifying:a. BASIC SITUATION

b.4 COMPLICATIONS

c. CLIMAX

d. RESOLUTION.

5.See rubric

Plot Diagram Project “Disney”

You are a researcher-Ask questions.Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How?