1. How Information Is Arranged
Text Structure
How Information Is Arranged

2. Fiction Text Structure
Exposition
Who/What/When/Where/Why leading up to our story.
Conflict
The primary struggle/problem/challenge for the main character.
Rising Action
All the events taking place from the discovery of the conflict to the climax.
Climax
The emotional scene at the end of the story where the conflict is going to be resolved.
Resolution
The happy or unhappy solution of the conflict.

3. Fiction Text Structure
Climax
Resolution
Rising Action
Exposition
Conflict

4. Fiction Text Structure
Analyze the text structure for The Devil’s Arithmetic.
Exposition: What is the situation in the beginning? Who is Hannah? What is her situation. What is the setting?
Conflict: Hannah has an internal conflict. On one side she likes her family, especially her brother and Aunt Eva. On the other side, she has no interest in her family’s history or traditions despite their strong emotions of the past.

5. Fiction Text Structure
Climax
Resolution
Rising Action
Exposition
Conflict

6. Fiction Text Structure
Analyze the text structure for The Devil’s Arithmetic.
Rising Action: Identify 5 main events that take place between the conflict and the climax.
Climax: What is the emotional scene at the end of the story right before we see the conflict’s resolution?
Resolution: How is Hannah’s internal conflict resolved?
Hannah has an internal conflict. On one side she likes her family, especially her brother and Aunt Eva. On the other side, she has no interest in her family’s history or traditions despite their strong emotions of the past.