Warm-Up*

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Warm-Up
August 24th, 2010

• Who do you think is your greatest competition? A
  sibling? A friend? Yourself? Why is that? What
  factors create that competiveness?
• Warm-Ups can be completed in a spiral notebook
  or on loose-leaf paper make sure to date each of
  your entries

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Warm-Up
August 25th/26th, 2010

• Do you think teachers understand what is going on
  in the lives of their students? Why or why not?

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• Elements of a Story

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Short Story Vocabulary

• PLOT - The plot is a planned, logical series of
  events having a beginning, middle, and end. 
• A short story usually has one plot so it can be
  read in one sitting, while a play or novel could
  have many plots going on simultaneously.  

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Short Story Vocabulary

• SETTING
• Tells the reader where and when the story takes
  place
• place - geographical location
• time - When is the story taking place?
  (historical period, time of day, year, etc)
• weather conditions - Is it rainy, sunny, stormy,
  etc?
• social conditions - What is the daily life of the
  character's like?
• mood or atmosphere - What feeling is created at
  the beginning of the story? 

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5 Essential Parts of Plot

• 1)  EXPOSITION - The beginning of the story where
  the characters and the setting is revealed.
• 2)  RISING ACTION - This is where the events in
  the story become complicated and the conflict in
  the story is revealed.

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5 Essential Parts of Plot

• 3) CLIMAX - This is the highest point of
  interest and the turning point of the story. 
  Everything changes. This often could be a final
  battle or life changing moment for our hero.
• The reader wonders what will happen next will
  the conflict be resolved or not?
• the main character often receives and acts on
  new information in the climatic scene

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5 Essential Parts of Plot

• 4) FALLING ACTION - The events and complications
  begin to resolve themselves.  The story begins to
  wind down.
• 5) DENOUEMENT - This is the final resolution or
  happily ever after in the story.

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Short Story Vocabulary

• RESOLUTION The storys action after the climax
• THEME - controlling idea or central insight in a
  piece of fiction. 
• It is the author's underlying meaning or main
  idea that he is trying to convey.  The main
  lesson he or she is trying to get you to learn
  through the story.
• Often is a statement regarding human nature or
  life lessons
• Cannot be only one word (triumph of the
  underdog, love conquers all, dont be ashamed
  of who you are)

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Short Story Vocabulary

• CONFLICT - It is the opposition of forces which
  ties one incident to another and makes the plot
  move. 
• Conflict is essential to plot. 
• Conflict is not merely limited to open arguments,
  rather it is any form of opposition that faces
  the main character.
• Within a short story there may be only one
  central struggle, or there may be one dominant
  struggle with many minor ones.

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Conflict

• There are four kinds of conflict
• 1)  Man vs. Man (physical) - The leading
  character struggles with his physical strength
  against other men, forces of nature, or animals.
• 2)  Man vs. Circumstances (classical) - The
  leading character struggles against fate, or the
  circumstances of life facing him/her.
• 3)  Man vs. Society (social) - The leading
  character struggles against ideas, practices, or
  customs of other people.
• 4)  Man vs. Himself/Herself (psychological) - 
  The leading character struggles with
  himself/herself with his/her own soul, ideas of
  right or wrong, physical limitations, choices,
  etc.

• There are two types of conflict
• 1)  External - A struggle with a force outside
  one's self.
• 2)  Internal - A struggle within one's self a
  person must make some decision, overcome pain,
  quiet their temper, resist an urge, etc.

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Short Story Vocabulary

• POINT OF VIEW - the angle from which the story is
  told.
• 1.  Innocent Eye - The story is told through the
  eyes of a child (his/her judgment being different
  from that of an adult) .
• 2.  Stream of Consciousness - The story is told
  so that the reader feels as if they are inside
  the head of one character and knows all their
  thoughts and reactions.
• 3.  First Person - The story is told  by the
  protagonist or one of the characters who
  interacts closely with the protagonist or other
  characters (using pronouns I, me, we, etc).  The
  reader sees the story through this person's eyes
  as he/she experiences it and only knows what
  he/she knows or feels.

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Short Story Vocabulary

• CHARACTER - The person in a work of fiction.
• Two types of characters
• 1. PROTAGONIST - character is clearly central to
  the story with all major events having some
  importance to this character, the hero
• 2. ANTAGONIST - The opposition to the main
  character

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A Few More

• Tone The authors feeling toward a subject, the
  characters, the scene, etc. He uses a humorous
  tone when describing the child
• Mood The feeling created in the reader while
  reading the text, watching the movie, etc. That
  book was really depressing!

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A few more

• Allusion a reference to a mythological,
  literary, or historical person, place or thing.
• Brad was such a Scrooge. He didnt like
  to give any of his money away to serve other
  people in need.
• Until I see a burning bush I am not going
  to make any big decisions
• Do you think hes pulling a Tiger Woods?

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The Main Bits
Plot

• Elements of a Short Story
• Setting
• Characterization
• Plot
• Conflict
• Climax
• Resolution
• Theme
• Point of View
• Tone
• Mood

Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
Setting Exposition
Denouement
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• Be who you were born to be

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What is the common theme?
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This movie makes me feel

• Emotional
• Elated
• Stunned
• Empathic
• Nostalgic
• Entertained
• Sad

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What kind of conflict is this?
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Is this conflict internal or external?
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What type of conflict is this?
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Examples of _________
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Examples of _____________
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Partner Lit Terms Practice
Track though each stage of the plot chart using
a movie / book you both have seen. What happens
in each scene?
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
(Resolution)
(Setting) Exposition
Denouement
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On the Back of Your Paper

• Setting
• Protagonist / Antagonist
• Conflict (internal? external? which kinds?)
• What is the theme?
• What is the mood and tone of the story?
• Be prepared to share your plot chart after the
  test on Friday