YEAR 3 Conflict and Plot - literary devices

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

In class today: literary devices

conflict/plot

20 min. Silent reading

10 min. Conflict/plot/roller coaster

20 min. Create your own roller coaster about your reading book

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Reading

20 minutes

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

Denouement

The they-lived-happily-

ever-after-stage

Create your own roller coaster

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

Step 2: brainstorm/think about your book

Step 3: create the roller coaster on paper

Rest of Class

• Final assignment