"Checkouts" Assignment

Part 1: Plot Diagram On a separate sheet of loose leaf notebook paper, create a plot diagram for the story. Label each section of the plot diagram with the correct literary term. Write in complete sentences. Your plot diagram should contain: 1. Conflict: 2. Conflict: 3. Conflict: 4. Exposition: 5. Exposition: 6. Exposition: 7. Rising Action: 8. Rising Action: 9. Rising Action: 10.Rising Action: 11.Rising Action: 12.Climax: 13:Falling Action: 14.Falling Action: 15.Resolution: State the main conflict in the story. Explain an internal conflict in the story. Explain an external conflict in the story. Identify the character(s) introduced in the introduction. Identify the setting of the story. Describe the general situation as the story begins. First plot event. Second plot event. Third plot event. Fourth plot event. Fifth plot event. Sixth plot event. Describe the plot event when the conflict is directly confronted. Seventh plot event. Eighth plot event. Final plot event. Explain how the conflict is solved.

Part 2 - Figurative Language

For each example given, identify the type of figurative language used (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, or idiom). Then explain the figurative language. To complete this assignment successfully, you should go back to the story and reread the paragraphs that these sentences are from so that you understand the context of the figurative language.

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Example from the Story an impulse tore at her to lie on the floor p. 23 shards of glass and oozing cream decorating the area around his feet. P. 25 She left the supermarket with stars in her eyes p. 26 [The bag boy] provided for her an anchor amid all that was impersonal and unfamiliar p. 26 where scores of fascinating girls lingered like honeybees about a hive. p. 28

Type of Fig. Lang.

Explain

Part 3 - Analyzing Character Motivations

A characters motivation is the reason why he or she acts, feels, or thinks a certain way. Sometimes a characters motivation is explained or directly stated in the text. Other times you will have to infer, or draw a conclusion about, the characters motivation. After reading Checkouts, complete the chart below to analyze the motivations of the boy and the girl.

Who?
The Girl

Action
she spent the greater part of every day in a room full of beveled glass windows She didnt want to share important facts about herself with her parents.

The Girl

Motivation EX. The girl stays inside her room all the time because she does not want to start a new life in Cincinnati. She is trying to resist the change. 21.

The Girl

She left the supermarket with stars in her eyes.

22.

The Boy and The Girl

And when finally they did meet up again, neither offered a clue

23.

The Boy

He didnt acknowledge her when she finally came back to the store.

24.

The Boy

And the bag boy let her leave the store, pretending no notice of her.

25.