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    Plot Diagram

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    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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    Plot Analysis

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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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    The Lottery

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    1. Were you surprised by the ending of the story? If not‚ at what point did you know what was going to happen? How does Jackson foreshadow the ending? Conversely‚ how does Jackson lull us into thinking that this is just an ordinary story with an ordinary town? 1. I. Was not really surprised by the ending to this story. I never really knew what was going to happen but I had a feeling that something bad was about to when Jackson wrote about the stones being gathered in huge piles. I also feel he

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    Plot Twist

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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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    The Lottery

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    could have taken place in any other reservation. In addition to various locations on the reservation‚ the story’s setting includes an airplane‚ a trailer in Phoenix‚ and a road through Nevada. What does each of these settings contribute to the story’s plot? -The various locations help the reader visualize what is going on perfectly. Through each of these places‚ things happen that make the story whole. It gets all of the story to come together. Is the scene on the plane necessary? Intrusive? Distracting

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    The Lottery

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    “The Lottery” Rough Draft Brian J. Woodvine CM 107-027W1 English Composition 1 Professor Sue Klemm “WYSINWYG” The Father‚ The Son‚ and The Holy Ghost! Let me reiterate that for you! The Father‚ The Son‚ and The Holy Ghost! How many innocent people have been killed in one God’s name or another? The three legged stool sits behind; both a praise and a nemesis. The intention of this paper is to explain the difference between the two‚ and decide if the author was using symbolism to relate

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    The Gunpowder Plot

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    Essay The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 has come to be known as Britain’s greatest conspiracy. If it had succeeded‚ many say it would’ve been one of the greatest terrorist plots ever. However‚ the Oxford Dictionary’s definition of terrorism is “the unofficial or unauthorized use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims”. While many may argue that this is what the gunpowder plot was‚ it was actually an attempted coup‚ not a campaign of terror and violence. The plot was led by Robert Catesby

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    The Babington Plot

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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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    Plot device

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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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    Marxist: the Lottery

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    David Budnick Mrs. Sarnoski English 12 Honors 14 December 2012 “The Lottery” Through the Eyes of a Marxist/Feminist Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is about a town in which a little black box controls whether or not a person may live or be killed. The lack of dominant female characters illustrates the assumption that women are often seen as inferior to men. Interesting developments of the plot and theme make it obvious to the reader how women are portrayed in the story. This short story shows

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