THE PLOT DIAGRAM The plot diagram: most people learn about it somewhere in elementary school‚ and indeed‚ it is the most elementary of tools a writer and reader can use in summarizing and outlining a story. It is so basic and flexible that pretty much every story written in existence can be outlined via the plot diagram. And yet‚ there are stories that‚ when outlined‚ twist the plot diagram into interesting shapes‚ which leads me to suspect that there is a missing step in the plot diagram: the elusive
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“Kath and Mouse” Responding Questions 1. In my opinion‚ Kath’s bullying is motivated by her own fears. A lot of bullies were bullied before‚ so Kath may had been bullied before Helen came and was motivated by her past to bully the new student. Kath may bullied Helen because she did not want other people to bully her instead. Insecureness‚ jealousy‚ low self-esteem‚ pride‚ greed‚ and grudge could also motivate bullying to occur. 3. I could make text-to-text connections to the Disney film Lemonade
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The Babington Plot Anthony Babington was a young Catholic noble who joined a plot to depose the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I and put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne. Sir Francis Walsingham‚ the head of Elizabeth’s secret service‚ captured a Catholic plotter named Gilbert Gifford and ‘convinced’ him to act as a double agent. Gifford would act as an intermediary - smuggling letters to Mary who was imprisoned in Chartley Hall. All the letters were given to Walsingham. The letters were written
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hole count was left at fourteen. The mice were not on any psychoactive substances at this time. The white mouse was able to find her way to the end of the maze at 1 minute. She showed signs of stress‚ and overall anxiousness. The brown mouse was slower then her counterpart‚ completing the maze at 2 minutes and 53 seconds. She also showed signs of stress and discomfort. Lastly‚ the black mouse found the cheese in 10 seconds‚ but discovered and explored the whole maze in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Overall
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Pride and Prejudice Plot Analysis Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation‚ conflict‚ complication‚ climax‚ suspense‚ denouement‚ and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice. Initial Situation We meet the Bennet family: five single daughters with no money. Then a young‚ rich‚ single man moves into the neighborhood. This is clearly an initial situation because there’s way too much instability in this system. Pushy
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a knockout mouse) ~A knockout mouse is a genetically engineered mouse. ~Researchers use the technique by “knocking out”/replacing the gene with an artificial piece of DNA. ~They do this so they could determine the specific function of the missing gene. ~Since humans are closely similar to mice‚ they can perform experiments on knockout mice and see the effects of the gene’s loss. ~This gives us a better understanding of a specific disease. ~This is a picture of a laboratory mouse where a gene
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The World: Mouse Guard is based upon David Peterson’s award winning comic series of the same name. The Guard‚ as they are known‚ are mice who have dedicated their lives to protecting their fellow mice in the Mouse Territories. The mice are sentient and live in an age similar to that of medieval Europe. But the world appears to be completely free of humans. Mice make their towns in hollowed out trees or carved stone‚ canoe down streams on acorn husks‚ and cultivate bee hives. But their world is
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Bailly‚ Coupvray‚ Chessy‚ and Magny. Bailly and other communes believe they are in the center of the storm that is not of their own making. Mouse and the French government worked out an agreement without soliciting their participation and then presented to them as a fait accompli. • Mouse representative: an MBA manager‚ representing EuroMouse‚ will represent mouse at the meeting. • National Government: an official who participated in the Master Agreement negotiations for the French government
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A plot twist is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a film‚ television series‚ video game‚ novel‚ comic or other fictional work. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience‚ usually surprising them with a revelation. Some "twists" are foreshadowed and can thus be predicted by many viewers/readers‚ whereas others are a complete shock. When a plot twist happens near the end of a story‚ especially if it changes one’s view of the preceding events
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Many stories‚ especially in the fantasy genre‚ feature an object or objects with some great power. Often what drives the plot is the hero’s need to find the object before the villain and use it for good rather than evil‚ or if the object has been broken by the villains‚ to retrieve each piece that must be gathered from each antagonist to restore it‚ or‚ if the object itself is evil‚ to destroy it. In some cases destroying the object will lead to the destruction of the villain.[according to whom?]
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