Personal Narrative PurposeFocus Plot Plot Structure Key Plot

Personal Narrative: Purpose/Focus Plot

Plot Structure

Key Plot Components Exposition: The beginning of a story. This is where the audience meet the characters & the setting. The author sets up the audience to be in the world of the story.

Plot Structure Exposition

Key Plot Components Exposition: The beginning of a story. This is where the audience meet the characters & the setting. The author sets up the audience to be in the world of the story. Rising Action: Series of actions leading up to the climax. Conflict builds, creates suspense and tension in a narrative.

Plot Structure Rising Action Exposition

Key Plot Components Exposition: The beginning of a story. This is where the audience meet the characters & the setting. The author sets up the audience to be in the world of the story. Rising Action: Series of actions leading up to the climax. Conflict builds, creates suspense and tension in a narrative. Climax: Turning point of the story, main character comes face to face with conflict and main character changes.

Plot Structure Climax Rising Action Exposition

Key Plot Components Exposition: The beginning of a story. This is where the audience meet the characters & the setting. The author sets up the audience to be in the world of the story. Rising Action: Series of actions leading up to the climax. Conflict builds, creates suspense and tension in a narrative. Climax: Turning point of the story, main character comes face to face with conflict and main character changes. Falling Action: Loose ends of the plot are tied up, conflicts are resolved

Plot Structure Climax Rising. Action Exposition Falling. Action

Key Plot Components Exposition: . The beginning of a story. This is where the audience meet the characters & the setting. The author sets up the audience to be in the world of the story. Rising Action: Series of actions leading up to the climax. Conflict builds, creates suspense and tension in a narrative. Climax: Turning point of the story, main character comes face to face with conflict and main character changes. Falling action: Loose ends of the plot are tied up, conflicts are resolved Resolution: Reasonable ending of the story

Plot Structure Climax Rising. Action Exposition Falling. Action Resolution

Personal Narrative: Development Dialogue

Purpose of Dialogue ● Teach us about characters ● Move the plot forward ● Break up long blocks of narrative

Movie Trailer ● https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=c. Ni_HC 839 Wo ● What do you learn about the main characters based on what they say?

Model Text ● Get out Donofrio’s “Trouble” ● With a partner, find 5 places where dialogue is being used to complete one of these jobs: ○ Character development ○ Plot movement ○ Breaking up big chunks of text

Revision ● ● Find 3 places you can add dialogue into your narrative. If you feel like you already have a lot of dialogue, critically consider what role that dialogue is playing: character development, plot movement, breaking up long pieces of narrative.