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Website
Braingle

Braingle: Mystery Brain Teasers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read stories and solve mysteries based on clues provided. Also, submit your own mysteries for other visitors to this site to solve.
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Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Literature: Constructing Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has an explanation of the elements of a plot with clear examples. Click on "What goes into plot" for more information.
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Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Evaluating Character and Plot in Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief graphic organizer which allows students to evaluate the literary elements of plot and character in a given piece of literature. Also includes a section which requires textual support. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Handout
Other

Lit Charts: Foreshadowing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how foreshadowing affects stories through definitions and examples in literature.
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Article
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Flashbacks Versus Narrative "Annexes"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complex definition of a literary flashback, in addition to examples of flashbacks used by famous authors (Eliot, Doyle). The site also distinguishes the flashback from the narrative annex. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects