Lecture 3.1.5 – Reading Deeper for Meaning

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Lecture Overview

PowerPoints for this lecture: (can be found in Unit 3 - Resource Folder)

  • Reading Strategies
  • Annotating

The Five Stages of a Plot 

A short story is CONCISE. What concise and relevant information (write down at least 5 points) does Thomas King put into the story he is telling. This is unlike in a novel, where the story can diverge in many directions away from the main plot.

  1. Introduction of character(s) 

  2. The situation: Initial conflict 
  3. The generating circumstances, which create a Rising action – a heightened sense of anticipation for the reader 
  4. Climax - highest point of anticipation – a “make or break” moment for the main character. 
  5. Falling action and Conclusion. These two are also known as a denouement.

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