1. Fish cheeks
By Amy Tan

2. What is conflict?
What are the two types of conflict?

3. Elements of Plot Climax
Is the turning point and the moment of greatest suspense
Makes the outcome of the conflict clear
Rising Action:
Presents complications that intensify the conflict
Builds suspense
Resolution:
Reveals the final outcome
Ties up loose ends
Falling Action:
Eases the suspense
Reveals the outcome of the story’s climax
Shows how the main character resolves the conflict
Exposition:
Introduces setting and characters
Introduces the conflict

4. Take out a sheet of paper and title it: Fish Cheeks
Include the proper heading

5. Answer the following questions using complete sentences.
What is the main conflict in the story?
Is this conflict internal or external? (Character vs. _____?)
How is the conflict resolved?
What does Amy Tan learn from this experience?
This is a personal narrative. Write two specific things you think Amy Tan did very well in her story.
(example: I like how she described her Christmas wishes as, “this blond-haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose.”)

6. 6. Create a plot diagram for Fish Cheeks
This should be detailed and thorough. Either create a list or make a mountain plot diagram.
Exposition:
Rising Action:
Climax:
Falling Action:
Resolution: