4HV - Plot - literary devices - lamb to the slaughter

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

In class today: literary devices:

conflict/plot

> Theory on conflict / plot
> Create your own roller coaster

> Working time: own literary presentations 

What is "conflict"? (English please)

External conflict:

* character vs. character

* character vs. society

* character vs. nature

* character vs. technology

Internal conflict:

* character vs. self

What is "plot"? (English please)

Plot

Plot is what happens in a story and how these things are told.

Most stories have the same structure.

Freytag's Pyramid

Exposition

> the start of the story

> the protagonist is introduced

> the (main/first) setting is described

> something happens

Rising Action

> events unfold

> things happen

> more problems

> more exciting

Climax

> most exciting

> problems at max

> can't stop reading/ playing/watching

Falling Action

> main problem is solved

> other (minor) problems are resolved

> questions are answered

Resolution

The they-lived-happily-

ever-after-stage

Create your own roller coaster about Lamb to the Slaughter

Step 1: write down the elements of the plot
(exposition/rising action etc)

Step 2: brainstorm/think about your story

Step 3: create the roller coaster on paper

Compare rollercoasters

Do we agree with each other?

Working time:

1) Work on your presentation about your literary term