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Homework next week
For 17 March:
You will need to have read "The Landlady" before class! 

(you can find the text on Itslearning: if you'd rather listen to an audio recording (about 20 minutes), I will post a link to one on Teams

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Plot Structure & Theme
At the end of this lesson you can:
1. Describe the characteristics of different plot elements 
2. Demonstrate an understanding of plot structure by applying it to a familiar short story
3. Use a plot diagram to analyse the plot structure of a story
4. Identify the theme in familiar contexts

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Why is it important?
Plot structure is not just used in literature, but also in storytelling, television and film.

Once you know plot structure, you can automatically organise something abstract into something that is concrete and makes sense. 


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Some literary terms you are familiar with
Foreshadowing                Setting                 Characterisation
Dramatic Irony                     Point of View

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Outline
1. Theme
2. Plot Structure
3. Apply new knowledge to a familiar story
4. Review

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Definition from Glossary. - Write along for the real definition...

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Take a look at these words
Love          Friendship              Revenge

Greed               Death                Equality                       Hope

Guilt                     Responsibility                      Justice

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Topic

... is generally 1 word that outlines the main idea being explored in a text 

Examples: love, revenge, family, nature, war
Theme

... is the moral lesson that the author wants the reader to learn. Usually 1 sentence.

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Topic

Fear of death

Love


Friendship
Theme

the fear of death can be a catalyst of change

People will often sacrifice anything for those they love

Friendship can often get people through even the hardest of times

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Plot Structure
= a literary term used to describe the events that make up (the main part of) a story.
All events relate to each other in a sort of pattern and this organisation of events has an effect on how the reader feels about the story or its characters. 

Before we continue, we need to revise "setting"...

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What is the setting in a story?
A
A lesson being taught
B
When and where the story occurs
C
The events happening in the story
D
How the characters are described

Slide 13 - Quiz

Which of the following is an example of setting? (more than 1 answer possible)
A
A fight
B
A high school in 1987
C
Blue jacket
D
March

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True or false: the setting can affect the character's mood in a story.
A
True
B
False

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Back to plot structure
This literary term consists of 6 smaller parts: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

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01:40
What is plot?
A
All events in a story
B
The most important event in the story
C
A series of events with conflict
D
Where the story takes place

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03:13
So, what does the exposition do?
A
It sets the scene and story
B
It introduces the conflict

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03:14
Why is the line in Freytag's pyramid flat in the exposition?

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05:28
What is the definition of climax?
A
The turning point of a story
B
The beginning of the story
C
The most exciting part of the story
D
The point when the conflict is resolved

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Interest and suspense are built during which part of the story?
A
Exposition
B
Inciting Incident
C
Climax
D
Rising action

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Death by Scrabble
Take 2 minutes to jog your memory on this short story we did in the first term. What was it about? Who were the characters?

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Assignment: Apply Plot Structure and theme
Open the following files:
1. Death by Scrabble text (= on Itslearning - under literature - stories and novels)
2. The questions (in IL - in-class exercises -- Plot structure Death by Scrabble)

Together: we will do the questions (you don't have to hand this in on IL)

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LITERARY TERMS
Go through all the 
literary terms. Make 
your own dictionary 
so that you know 
exactly what their 
definitions are and how
you can recognise them
(add examples?)
(I will explain Figurative 
Language next week, but you
are welcome to go over this)

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