I'm thinking you're thinking, "Dah!"
Well, this morning, this writer was
1. plot
2. climax
3. rising action
4. falling action
5. conflict
6. resolution
7. exposition
Really, I thought I knew!
I almost volunteered to speak to her class.
Then, helping my son, I had to match the meaning to the words and it took me 10 minutes when I thought it should take 1 second.
So, here are the definitions. See how you do?
___ information and description given at the beginning of the story, including setting or time period
___ events that make up a story; occur in a sequence
___ wraps up or concludes the story OR can be seen as a cliffhanger
___ events that wrap up the story
___ the inciting events that lead up to the climax; build from the conflict
___ the problem that moves the story forward
___ highest point of tension or interest in the story.
Go ahead, post your answers. I'll give the correct answers later tonight.
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12 comments:
This was harder than it looked!
_7__ information and description given at the beginning of the story, including setting or time period
_1__ events that make up a story; occur in a sequence
_6__ wraps up or concludes the story OR can be seen as a cliffhanger
__4_ events that wrap up the story
_3__ the inciting events that lead up to the climax; build from the conflict
_5__ the problem that moves the story forward
_2__ highest point of tension or interest in the story.
Sally,
It is harder than it looked. I made flashcards with the definition on one side and the word on the other. I've been doing them with my son, and he still hasn't got them all - we're having the most trouble with resolution and falling conflict.
I kept changing my mind. I'd pick one and then be like, no wait, that's this one. I was more confused by the time I finished lol.
LOL, now you know how the fifth graders feel. I had my husband competing against Mike to figure out the flashcards. They were both stumbling.
Those poor fifth graders!
My daughter just did this too! Now, they are doing a plot pyramid in technology class with their own creations. I wish I'd learned this stuff in school!
I'm glad I'm not in school anymore! Poor kids!
I had to look them up and I still was second guessing myself! I don't remember my boys doing this kind of paper but they could have done it in class. My brain started to hurt thinking about all those meanings. :):)
LOL, Sally's answers are correct. My son can still only get 4 of the 7. Falling action and resolution are hard. And he never remembers exposition.
Yay! That was hard! I had to take each one, think about it, and then still kept switching two back and forth lol. This was fun!
Jennifer,
I don't remember doing this kind of stuff either. We do homework almost every night!
Sally, glad it was fun.
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