Six Story Types

The Six Story Types

1. Rags to riches – a steady rise from bad to good fortune

2. Riches to rags – a fall from good to bad, a tragedy

3. Icarus – a rise then a fall in fortune

4. Oedipus – a fall, a rise then a fall again

5. Cinderella – rise, fall, rise

6. Man in a hole – fall, rise

theatlantic.com

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180525-every-story-in-the-world-has-one-of-these-six-basic-plots

or Seven?

Overcoming the Monster

Hero learns of a great evil threatening the land, and sets out to destroy it.

Rags to Riches

Surrounded by dark forces who suppress and ridicule him, the Hero slowly blossoms into a mature figure who ultimately gets riches, a kingdom, and the perfect mate.

The Quest

Hero learns of a great MacGuffin that he desperately wants or needs to find, and sets out to find it, often with companions.

Voyage and Return

Hero heads off into a magic land with crazy rules, ultimately triumphs over the madness and returns home far more mature than when he set out.

Comedy

Hero and Heroine are destined to get together, but a dark force is preventing them from doing so; the story conspires to make the dark force repent, and suddenly the Hero and Heroine are free to get together. This is part of a cascade of effects that shows everyone for who they really are, and allows two or more other relationships to correctly form.

Tragedy

The flip side of the Overcoming the Monster plot. Our protagonist character is the Villain, but we get to watch him slowly spiral down into darkness before he's finally defeated, freeing the land from his evil influence.

Rebirth

As with the Tragedy plot, but our protagonist manages to realize his error before it's too late, and does a Heel–Face Turn to avoid inevitable defeat.

but also...

1. coming of age

A story featuring an adolescent making the mental leap from child to adult. In real life, this happens over the course of several years. Literature, films and some television series are media that have the space to show the story at a slow pace. But for a movie, things have to be compressed to several months at the most, so expect some really accelerated character development. The words bildungsroman (Ger. "educational novel") or bildungsgeschichte (Ger. "educational story") are sometimes used to describe these kinds of stories. A note on the translation: the terms originated in the Age of Enlightenment, when "Bildung" meant not only "education" but also "self-improvement" (cf. English "building") — or as Werner Heisenberg put it, Bildung is "that which is still there after you've forgotten everything you had ever learned". In other words, it's not a "novel to educate the readers" but a "novel about the hero becoming someone".

2. boy meets girl

One of the oldest and most basic plots goes thus: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy regains girl. Details vary, but those are the major Narrative Beats.

tvtropes.org

https://www.autocrit.com/blog/7-stories-world/

Sooooo...

via GIPHY

ballads

Ballad Definition

The word ‘Ballad’ has been derived from the French word ‘Ballare’ meaning ‘to dance’. Fundamentally, “a ballad is a poem that tells a fairly simple story” (narrative). Thus a story is what a ballad trying to convey Ballads are often used in songs & have a musical quality in them.

The basic form of the ballad is iambic heptameter (seven sets of unstressed & stressed syllables per line), in sets of four with the second & fourth line rhyming. The rhyme scheme of the ballad is usually abab or aabb.

8 Important Characteristics of a Ballad

• It is a poem that tells a story.
• Its language is simple.
• It concentrates on a single episode.
• The theme is often tragic & sad.
• The story is told through dialogue & action.
• It includes some sort of repeated lines.
• It has an exposition, complication & resolution.
• It has a surprising ending

Language in Ballads

• they include language that focuses on actions & dialogue.
• they include language that indirectly conveys information about the characters & relationships.
• they are often written in third or first person.
• Generally, abac, aabb, abbc is ballad rhyme scheme.
• they have a regular beat structure.
• they are often written in complete sentences.
• they include language that conveys a particular mood

 

Franco Prussian war

 

chorus

 chorus analysis

Thunder questions

 Answer each question with examples and detailed explanations

What is the point of view of this story?

Characterization is the way an author reveals the personality of a character. What is Eckels like, and how do you know?

Foreshadowing is a hint or clue to what will happen later in the story. Based on the conversation between Eckels and Travis, what is the author foreshadowing will happen? 

 Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. What is an example of hyperbole from the text? 

A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.” Write down ten similes that you find as you reread. 

Imagery is the use of language to appeal to all the senses. In the description of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, can you find examples of taste, touch, smell, sound, and sight imagery? 

A metaphor is the transference of a quality from one thing to another. Give five examples of metaphors from the text with explanations of how they are metaphorical and how they shape meaning.

Personification is the giving of human characteristics to something non-human. What is an example of personification from the text?

Conflict is a struggle. It may be internal (character v. self) or external (character v. something else). Give examples of both internal and external conflict in the story. 

 

 

into the Spiderverse

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlYd_OfQu9g

Miles's Leap of Faith And Why it's the Best Scene in Any Movie Ever (Into the Spider-Verse)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ubmvZ-CUrQ

Everything GREAT About Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPpjdU2MhUQ&t=878s

The Tech of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Movies with Mikey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozbKHKntpCc

The Sound of the Spider-Verse

apotheosis

poetry resource

http://share.nanjing-school.com/englisha/i-love-poetry/