Alternative Plots

Parallel Plots...

• Found only in informational texts

• authors can go into specific detail about key events and reveal more about the characters through their reactions to conflict and their interactions with each other.

• A form of figurative Language

• follow different characters through their own separate narratives, but their experiences are related and eventually converge as the story is resolved. Featuring parallel plots is a strategy authors use to build interest and give additional details about their characters as they react differently to conflicts, they encounter.

Episodic plots...

• authors can go into specific detail about key events and reveal more about the characters through their reactions to conflict and their interactions with each other.

• Dream Sequence

• follow different characters through their own separate narratives, but their experiences are related and eventually converge as the story is resolved. Featuring parallel plots is a strategy authors use to build interest and give additional details about their characters as they react differently to conflicts, they encounter.

• A poetic device

In Medias Res...

• Means "At the end of things"

• Means "At the beginning of things"

• Where the protagonists are in the middle of things when the plot starts. is a Latin term that means in the middle of things. This is the technique authors use when they "come late" to their own story. It helps build interest and capture the reader's attention

• Imagine a story where the first page shows the main character dying at the hands of his best friend. Then, the story goes back to show how the character reached that point. The flash-forward technique is useful because it gets readers interested in whether something is really going to happen.

The Odyssey is an example of

• Flashback

• Dream sequence

• A bad movie

• In Medias Res

Pulp Fiction is an example of

• Parallel Plots

• Alternative Universe

• Episodic Plot

• Dream sequence

Dream sequence is

• a method authors use to add another layer of interest to the story. Like flashback and flash-forward, a dream sequence provides a break from the main narrative. Revealing a character's dreams allows an author to provide key details and insight into characters' actions and identities

• An episodic plot

• Where the protagonists are in the middle of things when the plot starts. is a Latin term that means in the middle of things. This is the technique authors use when they "come late" to their own story. It helps build interest and capture the reader's attention

• follow different characters through their own separate narratives, but their experiences are related and eventually converge as the story is resolved. Featuring parallel plots is a strategy authors use to build interest and give additional details about their characters as they react differently to conflicts, they encounter.

Have you ever watched a film or a TV show where a character remembers something from the past? This is a common technique many writers use called a

• Call and response

• A dream sequence

• Flashback

• In Medias Res

Is it the job of an author to use his or her creativity to engage readers on different levels. That is why many writers experiment with different

• PCs

• Directors

• Influences

• Types of plot structures

"Was it a Dream?" is an example of

• Dream sequence

• Not a dream sequence

• Extended dream sequence

• A dream within a dream sequence

Mr. Lopez' favorite Star Wars character is

• Luke Skywalker

• Han Solo

• Harrison Ford

• Darth Vader