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Using Reading Tools Plot Diagram

1. Exposition
The wife and husband want a baby problem background information for the story The house near a river Characters wife and hubby

2. Rising Action
1. 2. Wife always wishes for babies. Night of full moon there is a rain shower dance outside in the rain shower and the light of the full moon. Found rainbabies, put them to sleep in dresser drawer. Wife and husband take good care of the babies. Babies went overboard one day while they were fishing. Husband swam to save the babies finally used fishing pole to catch the babies. Picking peaches the lightning created a fire ring around the babies. Mom used apron to help smother the fire. Light rain began dad ran for the babies. The shower put the fire out. The weasel snatched one of the rainbabies, mom threw a turnip at the weasel and saved the baby. Man knocks at the door comes in and offers a very expensive moonstone (worth many bags of gold) in exchange for the rainbabies. Parents would not accept the offer.

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Name: Class: 1/26/2009 Period: Date: Write the background or what happens first characters are introduced, setting is defined the 1st part of the plot Author Describes: 1. setting 2. characters 3. any background information 4. introduction of conflict Write the ideas that lead up to the main problem, or conflict. Conflict is developed and heightened. Types of conflict: 1. man vs. man 2. man vs. nature 3. man vs. machine or technology 4. man vs. society 5. man vs. supernatural 6. man vs. self Please note: not all stories have to have a problem.

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3. Climax
Mother Moon Shower appears and tells the parents that the babies will not grow properly without her. Parents allow the rainbabies to return with Mother Moon Shower.

Write what happens when the problem or conflict reaches a high point. Problem is at its worst; characters may have begun to think of a way to solve it. Write how the problem or conflict is solved. Author describes how the problem is solved. How things end up. This happens after action brings story to a satisfactory end.

3. Falling action
Parents are excellent Parents to Raina

4. Resolution or Dnouement
Parents reflecting over how happy they are to have Raina.

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