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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ReplyDeleteThis was harder than it looked!
ReplyDelete_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,
ReplyDeleteIt 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.
ReplyDeleteLOL, now you know how the fifth graders feel. I had my husband competing against Mike to figure out the flashcards. They were both stumbling.
ReplyDeleteThose poor fifth graders!
ReplyDeleteMy 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!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not in school anymore! Poor kids!
ReplyDeleteI 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. :):)
ReplyDeleteLOL, 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.
ReplyDeleteYay! 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!
ReplyDeleteJennifer,
ReplyDeleteI don't remember doing this kind of stuff either. We do homework almost every night!
Sally, glad it was fun.