Complete the following chart with details and a thoughtful analysis of how the events in the story influence the theme.
key events - what happens?
what do we learn about the character in this event? or how does the event change the character?
what is the author’s message in each set of events you have identified?

plot

what narrative structure (episodic plot, parallel plot, etc.) does the author use to tell the story?
summarize the story using the elements of plot. include details to demonstrate your reading.

exposition

rising action

climax

falling action

resolution

stage of identity development

text support – provide two instances of textual support for each stage.

beginning

middle

end

conflict

identify and describe two conflicts in the story. explain how the protagonist responds throughout the story and what his or her response reveals about him or her. write in complete sentences.

conflict

protagonist’s response

what does this reveal about the character?

discussion questions

use the text and your analysis to prepare two interpretive or evaluative discussion questions, then identify the type of question you have created.

question is your question interpretive or evaluative?
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Based on the context of each quote from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs, find the word that most closely matches thedenotation of the bolded word

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