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A work of fiction has a plot. |
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Read each passage.
Identify the underlined elements of plot.
"This did not mean that Ribsy had no troubles. He
did have troubles, and high on the list were fleas,
particularly one mean hungry flea that persistently
nipped Ribsy right under his collar where
he could
not get at it no matter how hard he scratched with
his hind foot."
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character
problem
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"Thalia
Halpert-Rodis dropped her lipstick into her
bag and came running over to me. 'Tommy---are
you okay?' she demanded."
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character
problem
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"Henry Huggins had a lot of good ideas that fall
when he first had his paper route, but somehow
his ideas had a way of not turning out as he had
planned. Something always went wrong."
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problem
character
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"She
ran out the door and down the steps. Lottie
barked and followed her. Nick was older than
Lottie. He stayed
on the porch and watched."
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solution
setting
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"I
shivered. Not from Aunt Greta's touch but from
the chill of the steady wind that blew down from
the mountain. I stared at
the flat-roofed
cabin
that
was to be our new home."
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setting
character
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 Remember: |
A work of
fiction has a plot. |
Click on
the books to return to the lesson.
* Ribsy by
Beverly Cleary
** The Haunted School by R. L. Stine
*** Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
**** Caleb's Story by Patricia Maclachlan
***** Beware, the Snowman by R. L. Stine
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