1. understand the basic elements of plot.
I Can
understand the basic elements of plot.
SPI Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of plot

2. Words to Know Plot Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action
Resolution/Denouement
Setting
Conflict
Internal Conflict
External Conflict

3. Setting is Time and place are where the action occurs
Details that describe:
Furniture
Scenery
Customs
Transportation
Clothing
Dialects
Weather
Time of day
Time of year
Time in history

4. The Functions of a Setting
We left the home place behind, mile by slow mile, heading for the mountains, across the prairie where the wind blew forever.
At first there were four of us with one horse wagon and its skimpy load. Pa and I walked, because I was a big boy of eleven. My two little sisters romped and trotted until they got tired and had to be boosted up to the wagon bed.
That was no covered Conestoga, like Pa’s folks came West in, but just an old farm wagon, drawn by one weary horse, creaking and rumbling westward to the mountains, toward the little woods town where Pa thought he had an old uncle who owned a little two-bit sawmill.
To create a mood or atmosphere
To show a reader a different way of life
To make action seem more real
To be the source of conflict or struggle
To symbolize an idea
Taken from “The Day the Sun Came Out” by D. Johnson

5. Plot What happens in the story Beginning to end
All the related events that happened in a story

6. Plot is ……. What is it Not? not just one event in the story
Not just the beginning of the story
Not just the end of the story

7. The Elements of Plot Plot is broken into 5 Basic Elements Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution/Denouement

8. Most plots have five parts, which are like building blocks.
What Is Plot?
Most plots have five parts, which are like building blocks.
Resolution
Jen goes home happy.
Falling Action
The team celebrates.
Climax
The team makes it to finals—and wins!
Rising Action
Her team loses a game, then wins five games.
Exposition
Jen wants her soccer team to win the state championship.

9. Exposition The beginning of the story
Setting – where the story takes place
Meet the characters
Introduced to the main conflict

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11. Setting the time and place where the story takes place
Described early in the story
Plays an important role in the story’s plot

12. Rising Action Builds up to the main event in the story
Usually contains conflicts or complications
Conflicts – struggle between opposing characters or forces
Internal Conflict – struggle in character’s mind
External Conflict – struggle against someone or something else

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14. Climax Story’s most emotional or suspenseful moment
The turning point in the story where the protagonist resolves the conflict
Usually occurs toward the end of the story

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16. Falling Action
Occurs after the climax
Ties up loose end in the story

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18. Resolution/Denouement
End of the story
Problems are solved
Details become clear
Denouement – the outcome of a sequence of events; the end result
THE END

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20. Putting It All Together

21. Theme
SPI
I can identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text.
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22. Theme
Is the truth about life that you discover from reading the story

23. What is it not?
Theme is not…
The plot
The topic of the story

24. Theme
A central message, concern, or insight into life expressed through a literary work
Can be expressed by one or two sentence statement about human beings or about life
May be stated directly or implied
Interpretation uncovers the theme 24

25. Stated or Implied Theme
Most themes are stated directly in the reading by the author rather than being implied. 
When the theme is implied, the reader must figure out what the theme is by looking carefully at what the work reveals about people, about the relationships between people, and about life. 

26. How can I find the theme?
What is the story’s title? Does it reveal anything special about the story?
What lesson did the character(s) learn?
How can I apply this to real life?

27. Which one is theme?
A family travels to Alabama and faces hardships along the way.
Prejudice
Facing your fears is the only way to overcome them.
Happiness can be found in the joys of ordinary life.

28. Themes for Stargirl The importance of being yourself.
The importance of knowing what is really important.

29. “The Three Little Pigs”
We do together…
“The Three Little Pigs”
Diagram the plot elements of “The Three Little Pigs”

30. You Do Pick your favorite childhood story or movie
Create a plot diagram (labeling all plot elements) for the story

31. Explore theme and plot Read “Hearts and Hands” by O. Henry
Pages
Identify the ..
Plot
Topic
Theme