1. Today we are going to THINK about
THINKING 1

2. To take something apart and look at the pieces.
Analyze:
To take something apart and look at the pieces.
(the WHAT)

3. Interpret:
To make meaning.
(the SO WHAT)

4. Text:
Something we can read.

5. Examples of texts:
Short story
Poem
Building
Outfit

6. Every day language, spoken language.
Short story:
A short work of fiction.
Prose:
Every day language, spoken language.

7. Poem:
A piece of writing written in a more imaginative way than regular speech.

8. Analyzing & interpreting a BUILDING:

9. Analyzing & interpreting an OUTFIT:

10. A person, animal, or object that plays a role in a story.
Character:
A person, animal, or object that plays a role in a story.

11. The main character, who usually is good (but could be bad).
Protagonist:
The main character, who usually is good (but could be bad).

12. The character opposing (going against) the main character.
Antagonist:
The character opposing (going against) the main character.

13. The series of events that make up a story.
Plot:
The series of events that make up a story.

14. CLIMAX
RISING ACTION
RESOLUTION
DRAMA
EXPOSITION
TIME

15. Exposition: The introduction: DRAMA TIME Introduces setting
Introduces characters
May introduce conflict
DRAMA
TIME

16. Rising action:
Events building to point of highest drama. Conflict grows.
DRAMA
TIME

17. Climax:
Most exciting moment. Outcome of conflict decided– a turning point.
DRAMA
TIME

18. Resolution:
The conflict is over. Includes any final action to bring story to a close.
(denouement = fancy word!)
DRAMA
TIME

19. Conflict:
A struggle.

20. A struggle inside a character, also known as “character vs. self.”
Internal conflict:
A struggle inside a character, also known as “character vs. self.”

21. A struggle outside a character:
External conflict:
A struggle outside a character:
Character vs. character
Character vs. nature
Character vs. society

22. The message of a story. It is a full sentence.
Topic = love.
Theme = Love conquers all. Or, love is for the birds.

23. Something that stands for something else.
Symbol:
Something that stands for something else.

24. A repeating subject, theme, idea, or other item in a story.
Motif:
A repeating subject, theme, idea, or other item in a story.

25. Hints or clues in a story which suggest what will happen later.
Foreshadowing:
Hints or clues in a story which suggest what will happen later.

26. The feeling a reader gets from a story.
Atmosphere (mood):
The feeling a reader gets from a story.

27. Urban legend: Folklore:
A piece of modern folklore – a story passed around as if it were true, usually scary or funny (or both!).
Folklore:
Traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed by word of mouth.

28. The time and place of a story.
Setting:
The time and place of a story.