Conflict & POV
Step Three: FoldFold the flaps back and prepare to glue.
Remember: Just a dot, not a lot! I matched the dark colored bars and formed a square for the conflict box! Don't glue down the flaps! |
Step Four: GlueGlue it down, carefully!
Don't forget to write the page numbers at the bottom of the page! |
Take the notes.
(And read through the examples, so you understand!) NOTE -- Please make sure you look at the pictures to see where these notes go! Conflict Page Notes: (Under the Heading) the conflict = the problem *The MAIN conflict is CENTRAL to the plot and is usually RESOLVED by the end.* (Sides) *Without conflict, a story is boring!* *A Story can have several conflicts.* (Bottom) Conflict - A struggle between opposing forces or characters. Internal Conflict - Takes place inside the character's mind or heart, sometimes it involves a decision. External Conflict - Takes place between a character and an outside force, such as nature, an event/situation, or another character. (Inside the Flaps) NOTE: Trace the triangles like in the picture below before you begin to make it easier on you to write. I wrote the name & type on the flap and the definition inside on the paper! Man v. Man (External) A struggle, mental or physical, between 2 characters. The other character MAY be the antagonist. Man v. Nature (External) A struggle between a character and mother nature. Mother nature = weather, animals, insects, sickness, or epidemics. Man v. Society (External) A struggle between a character and the laws or beliefs of a group. Could involve poverty, values, social norms, or politics. Man v. Self (Internal) A struggle between a character and his feelings, conscience, or fears. Types of Conflict Page Notes- Write: External and Internal, where appropriate. Point of View Page Notes: (Under the Heading) The standpoint of perspective from which a story is told. (Under the Flaps) Note: You don't need to write the words, just the definition under the appropriate flap! First Person: Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters, using pronouns "I, me, my, we". Third Person Omniscient: The narrator is an outside observer who can tell us the thoughts and feelings of ALL the characters in the story. ("All-Knowing"/"Story God") Third Person Objective: The narrator reports the facts of the story as seemingly neutral and impersonal - a disconnected observer - in the story. Third Person Limited: The narrator is an outside observer who can tell us the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character in the story. (Bottom) *When a story's POV changes from 1st to 3rd person, a reader is no longer able to understand the thoughts and feelings of that specific character. |
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Point of View is an important concept. In order to fully understand a story, you have to understand who is telling it and if they have any underlying motives that may make them untrustworthy. This video explains reliable narrations and unreliable narrations very well. However, when you are tested on POV, it usually takes the concept and applies it to the story at a higher-level, and they ask you to analyze and evaluate how the story would change if the point of view changed. It is very important for you to understand how the story changes if a different person told the story (1st to 1st) or if a narrator told it instead (1st to 3rd/ 3rd to 1st). Watch the short video below and see if changing the point of view makes more sense!
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Point-of-View Check: How did the game change when the football player told the story? How did it change when the referee told the story? |
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