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Conflict

Example: “Harry Potter 3” Setting: Hogwarts Castle, United Kingdom Characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger

Conflict Example: Harry Potter 3 Conflict: Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban and appears to be after Harry

Conflict Example: Harry Potter 3 Rising Action: Harry sees a large black dog everywhere, the dementors are seriously affecting him, Sirius Black gets into the castle

Conflict Example: Harry Potter 3 Climax: Ron gets pulled into the Whomping Willow by a giant black dog

Conflict Example: Harry Potter 3 Falling Action: Harry finds out Peter Pettigrew is alive and Lupin and Black plan to prove Black’s innocence

Conflict Example: Harry Potter 3 Conclusion: Although Pettigrew escapes, do does Black and Harry returns home for the summer

Ex: “Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated the summer holidays…For another, he really wanted to do his homework but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night. And he also happened to be a wizard.” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 1 Ex: “Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated the summer holidays…For another, he really wanted to do his homework but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night. And he also happened to be a wizard.” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 1

Ex: “It’s this sweetshop…where they’ve got everything…Pepper Imps- they make you smoke at the mouth- and great fat Chocolateballs full of strawberry mousse and clotted cream, and really excellent sugar quills, which you can suck in class and look just like you’re thinking about what to write next.” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 62 Ex: “It’s this sweetshop…where they’ve got everything…Pepper Imps- they make you smoke at the mouth- and great fat Chocolateballs full of strawberry mousse and clotted cream, and really excellent sugar quills, which you can suck in class and look just like you’re thinking about what to write next.” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 62

Ex: “Crabbe was taller, with a pudding-bowl haircut and a very thick neck; Goyle had short bristly hair and long, gorilla-ish arms.” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 80 Ex: “Crabbe was taller, with a pudding-bowl haircut and a very thick neck; Goyle had short bristly hair and long, gorilla-ish arms.” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 80

Ex: “There was a hand protruding from the cloak and it was glistening, grayish, slimy looking, and scabbed, like something dead that had decayed in water…” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 83 Ex: “There was a hand protruding from the cloak and it was glistening, grayish, slimy looking, and scabbed, like something dead that had decayed in water…” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 83

Ex: “An intense cold swept over them all. Harry felt his own breath catch in his chest. The cold when deeper than his skin. It was inside his chest, it was inside his very heart…” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 83 How do I feel when I read this: Creepy, cold, scared, concerned Ex: “An intense cold swept over them all. Harry felt his own breath catch in his chest. The cold when deeper than his skin. It was inside his chest, it was inside his very heart…” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 83 How do I feel when I read this: Creepy, cold, scared, concerned

Ex: “Harry was watching the painting. A fat, dapple-grey pony had just ambled onto the grass and was grazing nonchalantly. Harry was used to the subjects of Hogwarts paintings moving around and leaving their frames...A moment later, a short, squat knight in a suit of armor clanked into the picture after his pony. By the look of the grass satins on his metal knees, he had just fallen off.” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 99 How does the author feel: humorous, silly, comic Ex: “Harry was watching the painting. A fat, dapple-grey pony had just ambled onto the grass and was grazing nonchalantly. Harry was used to the subjects of Hogwarts paintings moving around and leaving their frames...A moment later, a short, squat knight in a suit of armor clanked into the picture after his pony. By the look of the grass satins on his metal knees, he had just fallen off.” -Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, pg 99 How does the author feel: humorous, silly, comic

Fairy Tale: The boy who cried wolf Moral or theme of the story: Don’t lie about needing help because when you really need it, no one will be there! Fairy Tale: The boy who cried wolf Moral or theme of the story: Don’t lie about needing help because when you really need it, no one will be there!