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Welcome!Welcome!

Questions about the novel? Vocabulary? Questions about the novel? Vocabulary? Comprehension Questions?Comprehension Questions?

Ensure that you are keeping up with your reading. It is Ensure that you are keeping up with your reading. It is very important that you stay with the class schedule or very important that you stay with the class schedule or work ahead.work ahead.

Plot and ExpositionPlot and Exposition CharactersCharacters Setting and MoodSetting and Mood

Plot and ExpositionPlot and Exposition

The exposition is the beginning of a story where we are The exposition is the beginning of a story where we are introduced to the introduced to the main character(s), the setting and any main character(s), the setting and any background informationbackground information that plays a role in the story.  The that plays a role in the story.  The exposition is important to our understanding of the plot.exposition is important to our understanding of the plot.

ConflictConflict

A A problem or complicationproblem or complication exists in every story that creates conflict.  This exists in every story that creates conflict.  This conflict can be conflict can be external or internal.external or internal.

One type of external conflict arises when a main character is in conflict One type of external conflict arises when a main character is in conflict with another character with another character (person vs person).  (person vs person). 

Another type of external conflict arises when a main character is in conflict Another type of external conflict arises when a main character is in conflict with nature with nature (person vs. nature).  (person vs. nature). 

Person vs. societyPerson vs. society is where a character has a problem with some element is where a character has a problem with some element of society such as school, laws or some other accepted way of doing of society such as school, laws or some other accepted way of doing things.  things. 

At other times a character may be doing battle with uncontrollable At other times a character may be doing battle with uncontrollable problems.  If the problem appears to be an unbelievable coincidence, fate problems.  If the problem appears to be an unbelievable coincidence, fate can be considered the cause of the conflict.can be considered the cause of the conflict.

A character may be experiencing internal conflict (person vs. self) and seems to be torn in two different directions. 

It is possible for a main character to be experiencing more than one type of conflict. 

By the end of a story, the character facing the conflict succeeds or fails in achieving his/her goal, or solving his/her problem.

The way a conflict is solved is called the resolution.  Every conflict has a resolution.  Conflict and resolution are part of a story's plot or main action.

Tension is a product of conflict.  A good story needs conflict and tension.  A good writer is able to keep the tension in a story "as taut as a bow string."

Point of ViewPoint of View

First-Person Point of View:First-Person Point of View: One of the characters is telling the story. One of the characters is telling the story.

Third-Person Point of View:Third-Person Point of View: One of the characters from outside the story is One of the characters from outside the story is telling it.  There are three third-person points of view:telling it.  There are three third-person points of view:

Unlimited Omniscient-Unlimited Omniscient-  Narrator can read the minds of the characters.    Narrator can read the minds of the characters.  They know all that is going on.They know all that is going on.

Limited Omniscient-Limited Omniscient- Narrator can read the mind of only one character. Narrator can read the mind of only one character.

Objective View (Camera View)- Objective View (Camera View)-  The narrator records the action from a The narrator records the action from a neutral point-of-view;  the narrator can write about what the characters are neutral point-of-view;  the narrator can write about what the characters are doing, but not what they are thinking.doing, but not what they are thinking.

Who is Telling the Story?Who is Telling the Story?

Evidence

Explore the Writer’s ToolboxExplore the Writer’s Toolbox

1. Flashback: sends you back to an earlier event. The writer may use words or phrases such as I remember when or a few

years earlier. 2. Figurative Language: builds comparisons

and creates special effects that help you understand characters, places and ideas. (Simile, metaphor, personification).

3. Mood: is the feeling or atmosphere you get from the story. It may be peaceful, scary, gloomy, funny, weird, or sad.

4. Symbolism: is the use of an object to represent an idea or feeling such as a dove to stand for peace.

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5. Sensory Language: helps you share sights, sounds, and other sense experiences with the characters.6. Characterization: is the description of a character’slooks, behavior, motives, emotions and personality.

Foreshadowing and Point of View are also part of a writer’s toolbox. Good story writers use a variety oftools and techniques, called literary devices, to buildsomething that didn’t exist before.

Plot DiagramPlot Diagram

What’s Coming Up?What’s Coming Up?

1.1. Finish reading the novel and begin to prepare for the final Novel Finish reading the novel and begin to prepare for the final Novel Exam!Exam!

2.2. You will be working on your final novel project next week!You will be working on your final novel project next week!

Any final questions?Any final questions?

Have a great day!Have a great day!