"‘Oh, no, I think he's beautiful,' said Sandy truly."

"Its owner was a large bouncy young Alsatian."

"‘I hope he didn't give you a fright?" the man said to Sandy. ‘He meant it in play- he's only young.'"

"Its owner was a large bouncy young Alsatian."

"‘My Christmas puddings!' exclaimed Jean, and ran out."

Describing the weather as wet and windy.

Saying that Aunt Becky does not really like dogs.

Making Dr. Travers travel through Cornwall.

Showing how Lob has aged over nine years.

"In the course of nine years, Lob changed less than Sandy."

"The rainy wind was howling through the shrouds of boats drawn up on the Hard."

"‘We must nearly be there,' said his wife."

"‘You know Aunt Becky doesn't really like dogs- Oh, very well,' Mrs. Pengelly sighed."

A conflict in the story.

The introduction of setting, characters, and background information.

The highest point of the story with the most tension.

The weakening of the tension in the story, as the problem begins to be solved.

"But as hour succeeded hour, Sandy showed no signs of recovering consciousness."

"‘Lob?' she murmured- no more than a breath of sound. ‘Lobby, boy?'"

"‘Then he must go back there. Find a bit of string, Sandy, to tie to his collar.'"

"The girl's in a bad way. I'll stay here and do what I can to stop the bleeding. Don't waste a minute."

He is feeling ill.

He is being strong for the family.

He may feel that something horrible happened to Lob.

He put on makeup in order to cheer up Sandy.

Character description

setting

conflict

plot

The setting creates a pleasant tone at the beginning of the story, which changes to a melancholy tone towards the end of the story.

The setting creates a pleasant tone at the beginning of the story, which changes to enthusiastic towards the end of the story.

The setting creates an unsettling tone at the beginning of the story, which changes to gloomy towards the end of the story.

The setting creates a melancholy tone at the beginning of the story, which changes to enthusiastic towards the end of the story.

Lob's girl starts out with a warm fall day on the beach but changes to a rain and wind storm toward the end of the story.

The story starts out on a warm summer day but changes to a windy rain storm towards the end of the story.

The story starts out with a warm summer day on the beach and finishes in the same manner.

Lob's Girl starts out with a rainy day in the beginning and finishes with a storm at the end.

internal conflict

outside conflict

setting

plot

"thinking they had seen the last of Lob. But they were much mistaken. The whole family was playing cards by the fire in the front room after supper when there was a loud thump and a crash of china in the kitchen."

"You must have him (Lob) as a gift...By this time the children, breathless in the background listening to one side of this conversation, had realized what was in the wind and were dancing up and down with their hands clasped beseechingly."

"‘Don't touch her, Emily!' he said sharply. ‘She's been hit. Can't be more than a few minutes. Remember that truck that overtook us half a mile back, speeding like the devil?'"

"Lob was back- limping this time with a torn ear and a patch missing out of his furry coat, as if he had me and tangled with an enemy or two in the course of his four-hundred-mile walk."

"That parting was worse than the first. Lob whined, Don walked out of the house, the twins burst out crying, and Sandy crept up to her bedroom afterward and lay with her face pressed into the quilt, feeling as if she were bruised all over."