Today’s Standard

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Todays Standard

• Reading Standard 3.2
• Evaluate the structural elements of the plot (for
  example, subplots, parallel episodes, climax),
  the plots development, and the way in which
  conflicts are (or are not) addressed and resolved.

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Review Elements of Plot
Climax
(Highest Point of Suspense)
Complications
(Additional Obstacles Faced by Characters)
Conflict
(Characters Problem)
Resolution
Basic Situation
(Who are the characters and what is their
situation)
(How Conflicts Are Resolved, Loose Ends Are Tied
Up)
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Subplots

• Plots that are part of the larger story but are
  not as important.
• The prefix sub- means under or less
  important than.
• Example In William Shakespeares play A
  Midsummer Nights Dream, the major plot involves
  the couples of Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and
  Demetrius but there are also several subplots.
  These include the struggles of the acting troupe
  and Titania and Oberons feud

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Parallel Episodes

• Repeated scenes. The storyteller repeats the
  main outline of an episode several time within a
  work.
• Example In A Midsummer Nights Dream William
  Shakespeare presents several parallel episodes of
  mixed up love Hermia and Demetrius, Helena and
  Lysander, Titania and the ass, Bottom and
  Titania.
• The author gives the same storyline in similar
  parallel forms.

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Summarizing a Plot
Most plots can be summarized by using a strategy
called somebody wanted but so.
Somebody is the main character(s). Wanted is what
that character(s) want. But means the
complications that develop that make it
harder for the character(s) to get what he/ she
wants. So is how it all works out in the end.
Example Lysander and Hermia want to get married
but are forbidden by her father so they are
forced to run away into a forest where their love
gets all mixed up, but things work out in the end
and they are finally allowed to marry each other.
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Conflict
External Conflict The character struggles
against outside forces. Can you think of some
examples? Internal Conflict The character
struggles with some conflict or emotional turmoil
inside of him or her self. Can you think of some
examples of this kind of conflict?

• Types of Conflict
• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Self
• Man vs. Nature
• Man vs. Unknown
• Man vs. Society

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Review Quiz

• What is the highest point of tension in a story
  called?
• What is the resolution in a plot?
• In The Giver all of the similar episodes in which
  The Giver transfers
• memories to Jonas are examples of
  ____________ ____________
• in a plot.
• A character is stranded in the mountains and
  fights against a blizzard
• to make his way to safety. Is this an
  internal or external conflict?
• Summarize the plot of The Giver using the
  Somebody Wanted But So
• strategy.
• Give an example of a subplot from a piece of
  literature from the 7th grade
• curriculum. Tell why it is a subplot.