How To Figure Out the Theme
TURNING POINT
Plot Structure Diagram
(The main event between the protagonist and the ant
agonist or
the moment for which the reader has been waiting.)
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Name ______________________________
Date _____________
RISING ACTION
6
FALLING ACTION
(The major events that lead to the turning point.)
Period ______
CHARACTERS
*
7
(The major events that lead to the resolution.)
1
Protagonist and Main Character(s)
Title
_____________
Author
______________
Antagonist
Genre
2
SETTING
*
Time
4
* 3
(What’s the problem between the
CONFLICT
protagonist and the antagonist?)
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THEME
Place
*Characters, Setting, Conflict and Mood
(how the story makes you feel) combine
RESOLUTION
(How was the conflict solved?)
(The lesson or
message the author
is trying to help us
understand.)
1. Actively read the text.
Fill out the Plot Structure
Diagram 2.
(follow the circled numbers)
3. Examine the conflict, resolution and
turning points.
4. Ask yourself, “What is the lesson the
protagonist learned?”
5. Reword #4 so that it can apply to
anyone who reads the story.