Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
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Literacy.RL.8.3
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Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
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8.6.A*
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analyze linear plot developments (e.g., conflict, rising action, falling action, resolution, subplots) to determine whether and how conflicts are resolved;
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8.6.B*
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analyze how the central characters' qualities influence the theme of a fictional work and resolution of the central conflict;
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CC.1.3.8.A
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
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E08.A-K.1.1.2
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
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CC.1.3.8.C
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Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
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E08.A-K.1.1.3
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Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story, drama, or poem propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
A plot is simply the events in a story. The author puts different events in an order based on the plot.
A plot is made of different parts and events. Understanding a character and what he or she does is easier when we understand the plot and its different parts.
Exposition: the part of the plot that gives background information about the character
Rising action: the events that happen at the beginning, before the turning point
Conflict/problem: the problem that is faced by a character or characters
Climax/turning point: the part of the plot in which the events are the most exciting
Resolution: the final part of the plot in which the problem is solved
Falling action/Denouement: the final part of the plot which takes place after the climax