Plot and Character Analysis

Plot and Character Analysis

Plot

The chain of events in a narrative.

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution are all parts of a plot.

Exposition

The beginning. Establishes a setting and the characters. Set's the story up and gives background information.

Rising Action

Builds or develops the problem in the story. The events that lead to the height of the action.

Climax

The height of the action in a story. The turning point of the story.

Falling Action

How the problems in the rising action are solved. What happens after the turning point. How the story begins to end.

Resolution

The ending of the story. All loose ends are tied up.

Theme

The lesson or moral of the story.

A theme can be applied to other stories as well.

THE MEssage

Inner Conflict

The struggles of the narrator that are in their thoughts. We can read their thoughts and see what their problem is.

Can be in 1st person writing or 3rd person omniscient or limited - not 3rd or 2nd person!

(Those narrators can't read the thoughts of characters)

Always moves the plot forward.

Multiple Choice

A theme is

• A main event

• A summary of the story

• The lesson that is learned

Multiple Choice

Inner conflict is where

• Two people are fighting

• The character has struggles in their thoughts

• Stops the story from progressing

Multiple Choice

Which of the following points of view can we see inner conflict?

• 3rd Person

• 2nd Person

• 1st Person

Time to Annotate!

Read and annotate the passages More Stories from Grandma's Attic and Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit.

Try to find BOTH characters INNER CONFLICT and write a THEME for each story in the margins.