Transcript UNIT 1 NOTES

UNIT 1 NOTES
Plot, Time, and Setting
Section 1
Plot
What is plot?
• The series of related events
that make a story is called
plot
• Just like a chain is made of
links, the events that make a
story are the story’s plot
Plot Diagrams
• A Plot Diagram is a diagram
that makes it easy to see how
a story is organized
• It usually looks like this:
Climax
Resolution
Exposition
Narrative Hook
Exposition
• Exposition is a story’s beginning
• Establishes where a story
happens and who is involved
• “Once upon a time, in a land far
away, there was a donkey…”
• “When I was five, I used to hide
under the stairs of my house…”
Narrative Hook
• The Narrative Hook is a
problem that appears in the
story
• Without a hook, a story would
be kind of lame.
Rising Action
• Rising action is made up of
all of the problems and
conflicts the main character
must face
• The narrative hook is simply
the first one of these problems
Climax
• The point at which the end of a
story is set in stone (for better or
for worse) is called the climax
• Usually, this happens when the
main character experiences a
major change in his or her life
• The climax is not necessarily the
most action-packed or exciting
part
Falling Action
• Once a character has been
changed, sometimes there’s
still stuff to do before a story’s
over
• Any action that occurs after
the climax is called falling
action
Resolution
• The end of the story is called
the resolution
• Also called denouement
(day-new-mahn)
• Some stories leave this off, in
which case the resolution is
implied
Section 2
Time
Chronology
• Chronology is the study of
measuring time
• To put events in Chronological
Order is to place them in the order
in which they happen
• YES: Baby, kid, teen, adult, corpse
• NO: Corpse, baby, teen, kid, adult
Time Words
• Flashback-the events of a
story are interrupted in order
to show something that
happened in the past
• Flash-forward-the events of
a story are interrupted to show
the future
Time Words, continued
• Foreshadowing occurs when the author
gives hints or clues about what will
happen later in a story
• Can create suspense, allow the reader to
brace him/herself for what comes next
• “Want some pizza?” asked John.
• “Um, I guess so,” said Linda.
• Little did Linda know those would be the
last words she’d ever say.
Section 3
Setting
Setting
• Setting gives us 3 things:
• The place in which a story
happens
• The time in which a story
happens
• The “mood” of a story
Setting continued
• Setting is important all throughout
a story
• In the exposition, it helps
establish important information
quickly
• As the story progresses, setting
can create conflict and show
changes in a character
Mood
• Mood is the emotional response
a reader experiences from
reading
• Scary, Happy, Cozy, Tense
• Think of it like the music that
plays in a film to give us clues to
feel happy, sad, anxious, etc
Unit 1 Review
Plot Review
• Plot has six parts:
• Exposition
• Narrative Hook
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Resolution
Plot Review
• Plot can be expressed as a
diagram:
Chronology Review
• When things are in Chronological Order,
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they are:
listed in the same sequence in which they
happen
A Flashback is
leaving the present to learn past events
A Flash-forward is
leaving the present to learn future events
Foreshadowing is:
hints or clues about what will happen later
in a story
Setting Review
• A story’s setting should
reveal 3 things:
• The place in which a story happens
• The time in which a story happens
• The “atmosphere” or mood of a story