Starter Daily Oral Language

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StarterDaily Oral Language 1

• Correct the following sentences in your notebook.
• Warren werent aware that their was a write way
  to rite a paragraph.
• Sometimes I get so lonesome sang the country
  western singer to the crowd.
• We was late to the 400 show for the film free
  willy.

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Short Stories

• Genre A category or type of literature
  characterized by a particular form or style.
  Examples of genre in literature are short
  stories, poetry, drama, mythology, novel and
  nonfiction.
• Short story a brief tale that can be read in
  one sitting.
• Short Story is narrative fiction.
  (narrativestory, fictionnot true)
• Elements of a short story
• a. Plot- a plot is a sequence of events in a
  story. (If you go to the movies, come home and
  tell a friend about the movie in the correct
  order, you are telling the plot.)
• b. Character - Characters are the actors in a
  storys plot. They can be people, animals, or
  whatever the writer chooses.

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• Protagonist The protagonist is the main
  character of the story.
• Antagonist The antagonist is in conflict
  with the main character. Not all stories have
  antagonist.
• Point-of View Point of view refers to the
  relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to
  the story. Who is telling the story?
• In first-person point of view, the narrator is a
  character in the story, referred to as I. I will
  be used in the story without .
• In third-person point of view the narrator is on
  the outside of the story, not in the story, and
  cannot read thoughts.
• In third-person limited point of view, the
  narrator reveals the thoughts of only one
  character, referring to that character as he or
  she
• In third-person omniscient point of view, the
  narrator knows everything about the storys
  events and reveals the thoughts of all the
  characters. (All knowing).

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• 6. Short stories consist of science fiction,
  action, adventure and mystery.
• 7. Complications- problems that occur during the
  rising action of the story that adds suspense to
  the story. These complications are sometimes
  mistaken for the climax.
• 8. Theme is the central idea or message of a
  story, often a perception about life or human
  nature. (Lesson to be learned)
• Stated theme Themes that are directly presented
  in a story.
• Implied theme Themes that must be inferred by
  considering all the elements of a story and
  asking what message about life is conveyed.

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• 9. Setting Setting is the time and place of the
  storys action. Setting includes ideas, customs,
  values, and beliefs.
• 10. Plot consist of several steps
• a. Exposition introduces the storys
  character, setting, and background information.
• b. Conflict a struggle between opposing
  forces.
• Internal conflict takes place within the mind
  of a character who is torn between opposing
  feelings or between different courses of action.
• (MAN VS SELF)
• External conflict is a struggle between a
  character and an outside force, such as another
  character, nature, society, or fate. (MAN VS
  MAN), (MAN VS NATURE), (MAN VS SOCIETY).
• c. Rising action - occurs as complications,
  twists, or intensifications of the conflict. The
  longest part of the story.

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• d. Climax the emotional high-point of the
  story. You can tell when youve reached the
  climax because the conflict will be solved. Its
  the highest point of interest.
• e. Falling action is the logical result of
  the climax.
• f. Resolution presents the final outcome of
  the story.
• Some stories do not have a climax, falling
  action, or a resolution. The falling action and
  the resolution may occur in a sentence or a
  paragraph.

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Plot Diagram