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7th Grade Language Arts
October 2, 2014
EQ: 1) How do writers use imagery,
flashback, and sensory details to write
about an experience or event?
EQ: 2) How can we use literary elements
to create a masterpiece (writing)?
Warm Up for Today
How can we use literary
elements to create a
masterpiece (writing)?
 In your warm up composition, read and write
the conflicts. Decide rather each conflict is
external or internal and record your response
at the end of the conflict. Be sure to
underline your response.
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 Internal conflict, which takes place in a
person’s mind—for example, a struggle to
make a decision or overcome a feeling.
Internal conflicts are character vs. self.
 • External conflict, which generally takes
place between a person and someone or
something else, such as nature, another
person or persons, or an event or situation.
External conflicts may be character vs.
character, character vs. nature, or character
vs. society.
 In your warm up composition, identify the type
of conflict presented in each example below.
**Two three-year olds fight over the same toy
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Warm Up for
Today
Title your
paper Types
of Conflict
truck.__________
**An 80-year-old wants to attend his grandson’s
graduation in another state, but is afraid that his
health won’t take the stress of the trip.______
**Two teens on a hike get lost in a blizzard.____
** During World War I, a young man with religious
beliefs against fighting is drafted into the
army____
 Character
 A character is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who
takes part in the action of a short story or other literary
work.
 Setting
The 5
Important
Literary
Elements of
a Story
 The setting of a short story is the time and place in which it
happens. Authors often use descriptions of landscape,
scenery, buildings, seasons or weather to provide a strong
sense of setting.
 Plot
 A plot is a series of events and character actions that relate
to the central conflict.
 Conflict
 The conflict is a struggle between two people or things in a
short story. The main character is usually on one side of the
central conflict.
 On the other side, the main character may struggle against
another important character, against the forces of nature,
against society, or even against something inside himself or
herself (feelings, emotions, illness).
 Theme
 The theme is the central idea or belief in a short story.
 The author creates characters to appear in
a literary work (writing). A character can be
a person, animal, or object. The way that
characters in a story interact (behave) with
Characters each other is a big part of telling a story.
Through the words and actions of the
characters, the story comes alive for the
readers.
Make Your List
 Focusing on the flashback memory list that you
created, think about the characters that are in your
flashback. In a list format, jot down all of those
characters and other characters that’s apart of your
memory.
 For example:
 Sabrina - 1st main character
 Angela –2nd main character
 Latashia
 Dorm mother
 My mother
Using Sensory
Details and
Descriptions
in Your
Writing
Description/sensory details
allow the author to tell how
characters, look, dress, and
how old they are.
Authors also use other
sensory details throughout
their writing to describe how
events and/or items smell,
sound, taste, and feel.
Expand Your
List
Revisit your flashback list and
describe each character using
sensory details.
For Example:
Sabrina – fluffy, jealous, soft,
furry, whispering meow, tuna
fish, sometimes unpleasant
Latashia – petite in height,
unset, fair complexion
What Drives
a Story?
Setting,
characters,
conflict
Setting
The setting is the time and
place of the action. The time
might be a historical era, the
season, or the time of day. The
place might be a country, a
neighborhood, a room, etc. In
many stories and movies, the
setting affects the action and
the characters’ feelings.
Flashback
Revisit your flashback and
describe the setting where
your flashback took place.
Tell me the time, day, date,
and location of your flashback.
Conflict
The conflict (problem) is a struggle
between different forces. It is the fuel
that keeps the action moving forward.
There are 2 types of conflicts.
Conflict
External conflict – a struggle between a
character and an outside force which
might be another character, a group of
characters, or nature.
Internal Conflict – a struggle within a
character’s mind.
Let’s look at p. 24 in your Literature
textbook for some examples.
Plot
A plot is a series of events and character actions
that relate to the central conflict.
A typical plot can be broken down into 5 stages.
Exposition – Introduces the setting and the
characters. It also sets up or hints at the conflict.
Rising Action – Builds suspense in the audience.
It shows how the conflict unfolds and become
more complicated.
Climax – The most exciting moment and the
turning point. Often results in a change for the
main character.
Falling Action – Reveals how the main character
begins to resolve the conflict. The suspense
begins to disappear.
Resolution – Ties up loose ends and sometimes
offers an unexpected twist before the story
ends.
Revisit your
flash back
Describe the
conflict in
your flash
back. Be sure
to specific
details.
 Now, that you have had the experience of
generating a conflict within your group,
working intra personally, read the two short
stories on p. 25 in the literature text book.
Your Turn to
Identify the
Conflict
 After reading p. 25, compose your thoughts
to record in your warm up composition the
setting of The Clay Marble.
 After reading Island of the Blue Dolphins, list
the conflict in the short story by writing
what the exact problem is. Next, tell me if
the conflict is internal or external and
explain why.