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Think About The Children's Story 'The Three Little Pigs'

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1. Think about the children’s story, “The Three Little Pigs” Complete the following”;
a. Describe the setting of the story. Identify some of the strategies used to create the atmosphere in the story.
A broad dewy grass land where a mama pig no longer had enough to feed her three pigs, so she sent them off on their own. However, there is a mean old wolf that is hungry. So, they all gathered materials around them such as, sticks, straw, and brick to build their home to protect themselves. “The Three Little Pigs” uses two strategies to create the setting of the story. The story uses emotional impact on characters of the place, through actions, and dialogue.
b. Describe an incident that begins action or suspense. What part of the “plot” is this incident? Explain your answer.
The wolf saw the two pigs dancing and playing and thought to himself that they would be a delicious and tender they would be for dinner. This began the suspense as the …show more content…

Compare and contrast these plots. Describe how these plots are similar and how they are different.
The plot of “Little Red Riding Hood” and Wonder Woman is similar and different in many ways. Some similar ways their plots are similar: the protagonist/ main character are girls, a lesson is learned, and they both went in the basic plot order. Some differences in the plot are: the antagonist in “Little Red Riding Hood” was a wolf and in Wonder Woman it was a god, Wonder Woman had a more dramatic climax, and in “Little Red Riding Hood” everyone lived even the antagonist. But in Wonder Woman many people died as protagonist and antagonist. These are some compare and contrast of elements of plot of the two.
6. Why do you think that most literary works follow the basic elements of plot? Identify a literary work that you like that does not follow the basic formula for plot. Explain why you believe the creator or creators deviated from the basic formula. Was this strategy successful? Justify your answer with examples from the

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