Friday, November 28, 2014

What would the plot diagram look like for "A Day's Wait"? Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement.

EXPOSITION.  Information
concerning how Schatz is not feeling well, leading to a doctor being called to
diagnose that he has influenza.


RISING
ACTION
.  The rising action comes as Schatz's illness wears on, and the
boy's actions and responses are seen as
unusual.


CLIMAX.  The climax
comes when Schatz asks his father when he will die, and the father reveals that Schatz
has misunderstood the two types of thermometer
readings.


FALLING ACTION
After learning that he will not die, Schatz slowly relaxes and seems better the next
day.


DENOUEMENT.  This can
best be summed up in the final paragraph, when the narrator tells us that Schatz
cries "very easily at little things that were of no importance."

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