Help please"Nice to Meet You" DIRECTIONS
Use complete sentences to respond to each question about your novel or short story.
When providing quotations from your text, include page numbers in parentheses.

EXAMPLE
Who is the protagonist of your novel or short story? Describe the protagonist.
The protagonist of my novel is a tough, 16-year-old girl named Delaney who is struggling to raise her little sisters.

Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
Although she was just 16 years old, Delaney had spent much of her life providing for her sisters. She displayed the toughness and weariness of someone twice her age (page 16).

Novel or Short Story Title:

What is the title of your novel or short story?
Who is the protagonist of your novel or short story? Describe the protagonist.

Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.

Who is the antagonist of your novel or short story? Describe the antagonist.

Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.

Describe the main conflict in your novel or short story.

Which of the four major types of conflict best describes the situation you described?

Choose a short passage that develops the setting of your novel. Include the quotation and answer the associated questions in the space below.

Quotation from the text:

What do you see, hear, or smell as a result of the description you have chosen?

How do these details affect the mood or emotional setting of your novel or short story at this point?

How do events develop our understanding of the plot and the characters? Complete the chart below to answer this question.

Event from the Rising Action

Develops the Plot

Character’s Name

Character’s Response to the Event

What the Response Reveals About the Character

Choose two events from the rising action of your novel or short story and record them below.

In complete sentences, explain how the event develops the plot.

Identify a character who was a part of the event or affected by the event. Write his or her name below.

Record the character’s response to the event. This box should be completed with a direct quotation from your reading. Make sure you use quotation marks around any material that comes from your novel or short story.

In complete sentences, explain what you can infer or what you learn about the character based on his or her response.

EXAMPLE:
Event: Outlaws tried to rob the stagecoach. Lone Stranger and Pronto saved the people and scared the outlaws.

EXAMPLE:
This event prevents Lone Stranger and Pronto from taking their vacation and getting home to see their loved ones.

EXAMPLE:
Lone Stranger

EXAMPLE:
“We are headed to Rock Creek on our way to Rolling Ridge. We’ll ride along with you, just in case there is any more trouble.”

EXAMPLE:
This example shows that Lone Stranger is brave and helpful to others.

Event 1

Event 2