Good Morning,Pick up your WNB and title the next page Plot Diagram. Copy the diagram below.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about how one decision has the power to change your life. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the power of believing in yourself. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the power of love. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the destructive nature of evil. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the importance of loyalty. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the importance of trust. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the destructive power of guilt. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about how time can change people. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the importance of values. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the impact that one person can have on another person. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Do NOT be distracted by the pictures!

The pictures that accompany the literary prompt are there only to help ‘jump start’ your thinking.

Your literary essay need not relate to the picture in any way. You should only focus on the prompt, and what it is asking you to do.

The following slides show examples of how the same prompt could be interpreted in various ways if one were to only look at the picture.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the power of love. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the power of love. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the power of love. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the power of love. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the power of love. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the power of love. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the power of love. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Writing Prompt

Write a story about the power of love. Be sure that your story is focused and complete, and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

Using the given prompts, you will write a five sentence story that mirrors the plot structure.

1. Exposition2. Rising Action

3. Climax4. Falling Action

5. Resolution

For example,Melissa thought her plan to rob the museum was perfect as

she stepped off the plane in Italy. Walking through the merriment of Carnival, no one suspected she was using her

elaborate costume to hide the stolen jewels. Suddenly, in an ironic twist, she was being robbed and she chose to run!

Caught in a dead end, her precious jewels were stolen. She got on her scheduled flight the next day and returned home

to her job as an English teacher.