Plot and Conflict

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Plot and Conflict

Read pages 24-25

Part 1: Conflict—The Fuel of a Story

A knight must slay a fierce dragon. A girl faces the consequences of betraying her friend. No matter what they’re about, all good stories are fueled by conflict.

A______, or a struggle between opposing forces, can be external or internal.

• An ______involves a struggle between a character and an ______force, such as another ______, a force of ______, or ______.

• An ______is a struggle that takes place within a character’s own ______, as he or she wrestles with difficult thoughts, ______, or ______.

Whether it is ______or ______, a conflict is what drives a story ______from its beginning to its end. How will the characters handle the conflict? What ______will they face? Such questions prompt you to keep turning the pages.

Write the definitions of the different types of conflicts in the graphic organizer.

Read On page 25 read both story snippets, and then answer the close read questions for both:

Johnny Tremain

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Eva and the Mayor

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Part 2: Stages of Plot

Fillintheblankstomakecompletesentencesthatwillhelpyouremembertheterms.

1. Aplotisthe inastory.

2. Inatraditionalplotstructure,thereare stages.

Thestagesofplotusuallyhappeninthisorder:

1. Intheexposition,theauthorintroducesthe andthe

andalsorevealsthestory’s .

2. Therisingactionisthepartofthestorythatintroduces and builds .

3. Theclimaxis . Inthispartofthestory,theconflictis

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4. Thefallingactionisthepartofthestorywhentheauthorreveals

.Italso and .

5. Theresolutionisthepartofthestorythatreveals and

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