A Pet for Calvin

The main events of the story (it has FIVE main parts)

• Introduction

• Rising Action

• Plot

• Resolution

presents the characters, setting, and conflict, or problem

provides a solution to the conflict or concludes the story

develops the conflict through a series of events

• resolution

• rising action

• introduction

• climax

The main conflict reaches its peak at the _____, or turning point, in the story.

Events AFTER the climax

• resolution

• rising action

• introduction

• falling action

having a certain mixture of clay, sand, and organic material; having a texture good for growing plants

• loamy

• tolerate

• wriggled

• quarters

moved by twisting

• quarters

• tingled

• loamy

• wriggled

allow, accept, put up with

• quarters

• tolerate

• loamy

• wriggled

living spaces; a place to stay

• quarters

• tolerate

• loamy

• wriggled