Encyclopedia BrownDay 3

How can attention to detail solve

a problem?

VOCABULARY GAME: HTTP://WWW.QUIA.COM/MC/1456961.HTML

Plot

Plot A plot, or underlying story structure, is

found only in fiction. A plot begins when a character has a

problem or conflict. The problem builds up during the rising

action, is met directly at the climax, andcomes to an end, as the action winds down, during the resolution.

PlotIn the beginning, you have a

problem or goal established. What is the problem in Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery

Salamander?

A salamander has been stolen from the aquarium, and Chief Brown doesn’t know who has taken it.

Plot

The chief said that only three people had the opportunity to steal Fred. It was either Mrs.

King, Sam Maine, or Dr. O’Donnell.

Next, there is rising action thatbuilds toward the climax. What is

the rising action in this story?

Plot

Encyclopedia Brown says that Sam Maine is guilty because he lied. If he had been

working with salamanders for 19 years, he would have known salamanders are

amphibians, not lizards!

Then the conflict or problem isconfronted. This is the climax

of a story. What is the climax of this story?

Plot

Sam admitted to the crime. Fred was returned to the aquarium.

Sam was fired!

Finally you have an outcomeand the problem is resolved.

What was the outcome in this story?

Remember that good readers use Plot to predict and understand fiction.