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18 Cards in this Set
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Pattern State for Plot
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When trying to reach a goal or solve a problem, anticipation rises until something happens that influences the outcome.
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Process Question No. 1
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Main Character's goal or problem?
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Process Question No. 2
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What are the events that relate to the goal or problem?
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Process Question No. 3
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How does the story end?
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Process Question No. 4
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What is the turning point (climax) that leads to the story's ending?
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Process Question No. 5
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How are the problem or goal, climax, and ending related?
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Process Question No. 6
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What significant event(s) occur after the climax that connect the ending to the climax?
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Visual tool for Plot
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Problem or Goal - Rising Action - Climax - Resolution / Denouement
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Simmer
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to keep at or just below the boiling point
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Vibrant
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energetic; full of energy
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Spindly
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long, thin, and often, weak
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surge
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to move in a sudden, strong rush
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lurch
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to lean or roll suddenly forward or to one side
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burrow
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to crawl into or hide in a place
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teeter
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to move in an unsteady way; to wobble
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hover
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to stay fluttering or hanging in the air near one place
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huddle
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to crowd or push close together
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descend
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to move down to a lower place
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