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Todays Standard
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• 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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Plot Diagram
Climax
(Highest Point of Suspense, Action)
Complications/Rising Actions
(Additional problems faced by Characters)
Conflict
(Characters Problem)
Resolution/Denoument
Basic Situation
(characters, their situation, setting)
(How conflicts are resolved, loose ends are tied
up)
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Subplots
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• 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 times 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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Conflict
External Conflict The character struggles
against outside forces. (person, group,
nature) Can you think of some examples? Internal
Conflict The character struggles with some
conflict or emotional turmoil inside of him or
her self. (self) Can you think of some examples
of this kind of conflict?
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Review Quiz

• Just write the answer.
• 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?
• 5. Give an example of a subplot from a piece of
  literature you have read. Tell why it is a
  subplot.

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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.