Plot and structure

The sequence of events 

• Plot
• Order
• Conflict
• Order

Main goal is to keep the reader reading and entertain them

• Commercial fiction
• Literary fiction

Clash of actions, ideas, desires or wills

• Conflict
• Plot
• Antagonist
• Unhappy ending

Central character

• Antagonist
• Protagonist
• Harry Potter
• Main character

Forces working against protagonist

• Protagonist
• Central Character
• Antagonist
• Ms. Kavanagh

Protagonist solves problem at the end of the story

• Indeterminate ending
• Surprise ending
• Happy ending
• Unhappy ending

Realistic ending but it is depressing

• Happy ending
• Unhappy ending
• Indeterminate ending
• Surprise ending

No conclusion or resolved conflict

• Happy ending
• Unhappy ending
• Indeterminate ending
• Surprise ending

Plot manipulation technique that uses divine intervention

• Deus ex machina
• Forces of nature
• God
• Jesus

To create suspense, authors use what?

• Mystery and horror
• Dilemma and more dilemmas
• Mystery and dilemma
• Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo