Name: ____________________________________________ ELA Teacher: ______________________________________

Summer Reading - Fiction Notes

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City:

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Copyright Date: ___________________________________________

Summary (in your own words): _______________________________________________________________________________

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Plot Diagram Worksheet
CLIMAX:

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4. 7.
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3. Falling Action 8.
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2. 9.
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1. Rising Action
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EXPOSITION ________________________________
Characters: ____________________________________ ________________________________
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Setting: Time & Place:____________________________
______________________________________________ THEME (central idea or message of story):
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POINT OF VIEW – Circle one
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3 Person/ Omniscient – All knowing; Author is telling the story (them, they)
2nd Person/ Limited Omniscient - A character is telling the story (we, you)
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1st Person - Told by one of the characters, seen only through his/her eyes (I, me, us) ______________________________________________________

CONFLICT (Circle one- Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Self) & Explain.