Monday, October 13, 2008

Suspense Outline: Due before class 10/14

Outline the following in your comment to this post. This assignment is worth 10 points.

1. Protagonist: A. What does he/she want? B. Give one distinguishing characteristic. C. Give one piece of history that shapes him/her.

2. Antagonist: A. What does he/she want? C. Give one reason that puts him/her in conflict with Protagonist.

3. Plot: A. What will be the climax of the story? B. What is the set-up? C. What is the conflict?

4. Setting: Where and when does this story take place?

5. Theme: What deeper ideas will you touch on?

29 comments:

Eleanor said...

1. Hannah
a. Want to be head cheerleader.
b. Jealousy
c. parents got divorced at a very young age.

2. Tracy
a. Head cheerleader
b. She is mean to Hannah because she is a better cheerleader then her.

3.
a. hannah challenges Tracy to a cheer off!
b. In the girl locker room.
c. Hannah wants to be the head cheerleader.

4. Large High school. In the present.

5. Never trust a cheerleader

Eleanor said...

No it's not Chris Tracy. I used my middle name.

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Anonymous said...

1. Protagonast
A. John and a friend want to rob Tiffany's on Fifth Avenue to get their girlfriends nice jewelry for Valentines day.
B. Self centered and stupid.
C. Goes to a fancy day school on the Upper East Side and wants people to think he has lots of money even tough his family struggles and he is on finical aid.

2. Antagonist
A. Nick wants to rob the jewelry store on Fifth Avenue as well for his girlfriend.
B. Nick is put into conflict with the protagonist because they will both be involved in the jewelry hiest.

3. Plot
A. The climax of the story is when Nick and John head over to Tiffany's on Fifth Avenue and proceed to rob the store.
B. The set-up starts off at the courtyard at the school, than to Nick's house, than the streets of New York and than the descend to Tiffany's.
C. The conflict of the story is will they get away with the jewelery heist. In addition will they fell incredibly guilty or will they move on like everything is normal?

4. Setting
A. This takes place in the fall of 2006 their senior year in the heart of New York City.

5. Theme
A. The deeper ideas that I will touch on are the time of their life that this takes place. Their senior year and how it can affect them greatly. In addition they both had excellent chances of going to wonderful schools each for two different reasons. In addition I will touch on why they did it. They did it to impress other classmates instead of showing their true colors.

chris aitken said...

1. Muhammad
A. Wants/fell in love with Rachel.
B. Tends to bottle up feelings.
C. A stressful Childhood.

2. Mclovin
A. Also in love with Rachel.
B. He is already dating Rachel.

3.
A. Mclovin and Muhammad will have a very intense and bloody fight.
B. Mclovin sees Muhammad and Rachel together a few times and becomes paranoyed.
C. Mclovin finds out that Muhammad and Rachel used to date.

4. Where: Burlington, Vermont
When: Present.

5. Loyalty, trust.

Anonymous said...

1. Protagonist: Stanly
A. Wants to get out of jail and out of hometown
B. Self-centered
C. Been part of a gang since he was 15

2. Antagonist: Fred
A. Wants to get revenge on Stanly for ratting out gang to get out of jail
B. Head of gang and Stanlys older brother

3. Plot
A. Climax will be when Fred finds Stanly
B. Stanly trying to get away from city, having flashbacks of police encounter
C. Stanly ratted out gang to get out of prison and Fred wants revenge.

4. Setting: Detroit, 2006

5. Doing something only for self benefit will get you no where, whether good or bad

Mr. Babylicious said...

1. Protagonist: Johnay G. ball
A. What does he/she want?
Overcome any and all fears

B. Give one distinguishing characteristic.
He’s an amazing natural fighter, and takes up the wrestling team going into his senior year. Also boxing lessons

C. Give one piece of history that shapes him/her.
Bullied when younger and pushed around. Hard trainer, lost his last final match because he gave up

2. Antagonist: Pete Henderson
A. What does he/she want?
He wants Johnay’s girlfriend and also to be known as the champ fighter the one person who can not lose

C. Give one reason that puts him/her in conflict with Protagonist.
Wants his girlfriend and the champion ship, He is also a more popular person and the protagonist is new to the school coming in as a senior
.

3. Plot: High school in new jersey
A. What will be the climax of the story?
When he fights Pete and saves his girlfriend

B. What is the set-up?
The training and as soon as he arrives to the school the two like each other Johnay and girlfriend? but Pete gets in the way and they fight several times
C. What is the conflict?
Johnay and Pete’s old girlfriend show interest in each other, both are exceptional fighters, not enough room for two champions in one high school.


4. Setting: New Jersey
Where and when does this story take place?
In a high school also in a large open storage building where he trains.

5. Theme: Never to give up don’t stop trying and push yourself
What deeper ideas will you touch on?
Determination, courage and believe/ faith

Erin said...

1) Tyler
a) Want to become the President of Apple corp. in Boston, MA
b) hard-working, loves his family
c) was the high school nerd

2) Greg
a) wants to be with Tyler's wife and want to become the President of Apple corp.
b) Both want to be the President of Apple corp. and want to be with Tyler's wife
c) He was the quarter back in high school and dated Tylers wife, who was the head cheerleader

3) The Climax is Greg kills Tyler
b) The set-up is in the office in Boston where both Tyler and Greg work.
c) They both want to be President. Greg wants his high school sweet heart back

5) Jealousy and competition can bring out the worst
in people.

Kayla Fraser said...

1) Protagonist: Leslie-a 15 year old girl
A) She wants to rescue her brother, Alex, from his captors who are planning to kill him if they don't get what they want from his father, a very popular senator who is running for President of the USA, within 24 hours.
B) Leslie is very strategic and cunning.
C) Her parents are both Senators and her dad is undoubtedly going to be the next President of the USA.

2) Antagonist: Tucker-a 40 year old man who is an illegal immigrant.
A) He wants money and will do whatever he wants to get it. He kidnaps the senator's son.
B) Tucker kidnaps Leslie's younger brother, Alex.

3) Leslie's parents are always busy, therefore she is always looking after her brother. One day she goes to the store and they split up to go get different items. They plan to meet up, but never come together after Leslie waits for him for over 20 minutes and decides to look around for him. She calls him on her cell phone but there is no answer. Finally she finds his phone in the store near the sporting area. It has a message on it directing her to call a certain number if she ever wants to see her brother again. They ask for 1 million dollars and if it is not delivered to a certain destination, her brother is dead. Leslie calls her dad, gets the money and they go to this place. she gets out of the car and sees her brother tied up to a post, bleeding. She is about to give them the money when Tucker shots her. He runs away with the money. Her dad gets out of the car and a dramatic scene occurs as Leslie is dying.
A)Climax- When she gets out of the car and sees her brother, running to him to give him a hug. The reader thinks everything is working out fine and it is the end until the twist comes and Leslie is shot dead by her brother's captors.
B) Set-Up-outside and abandoned building where the Protagonist and antagonist come together in their deciding face-off.

4) A) In the present. In Sacramento, California outside of an abandoned building.
5) Theme- People will do anything to get money.

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Anonymous said...

1.Booba
a. Booba wants to find out where many of his neighborhood friends disappeared
b. Booba is brave
c. his mother died

2. Grandma
a. she wants to end anyone who don't like her
c. she is suspected to have killed many kids in the neighborhood including trey's friend, mamadou.

3.
a. while Booba is hiding grandma revels one of her darkest secrets...that she killed Booba's mama
b. It is on the Island of Haiti in Booba's dig giant backyard at night.
c. it is when Booba finds out what his grandma really is.

4. it takes place in a village in haiti and it is in 1991, when the revolution against black magic
was going on.

5. how Booba's mother'd death affected Booba's personality and how you should never trust anyone even the grand mother that has lived in the room next to you.

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Kate said...

1. Jamie
A. To keep Michael in prison as long as possible
B. Ditzy
C. Depression as a teen

2. Michael
A. To get out of the state prison
B. Janie got Michael sent to jail for reasons unknown to the public

3. Plot
A. Michael escapes the jail
B. Jamie hears a knock on her front door at her house when she is home watching her little brother, Jack. Michael suddenly appears.
C. Michael is mad that he was sent to prison, and it was all Jamie's fault

4. West Virginia, 1981

5. Revenge

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anthony flaherty said...

1.Max
a.He wants a fun time on the road with his friends after his senior year of highschool
b.Very out-going, always the most popular kid, Prom king, Varsity Quarterback and ring leader of his friends
c. Went through junior high and highschool with his 4 best friends that he is on this road trip with.
2. Bob Horcoff
a. He wants to kill Max and his friends because he is a physco killer, and feels intruiged by the fact of killing them.
b. He meets them first at a rest stop in Pennsylvania, and relizes that they are a perfect group to target.
3. The climax of the story will be when the Max and his friends pick up on someone following them and then expose their weakness of not knowing were they are going.
c. The boys are being followed by a phsyco killer
4. The story streches from the start in Up-state NewYork, to a rest stop in Pennsylvania, and then to a small town in Arkansas.
5. I plan to talk about the killer being intruiged by the fact of killing 4 people and how he might do it. I also want to talk about how he plans on taking advantage of their innocence in wanting to have fun with their friends in a place that they didnt know.

trevor said...

1. marco
a. wants out of his work
b. has been through to much in his life.
c, his dad did the same work but died while working
2. luca
a. does not want marco to leave work so he can kill him
b. he dislikes antonio and wants to kill him
3. the climax is when marco finds out that luca killed his father and is planning to kill him. the set up is that luca works for the mafia and same with marco. the conflict is that marco kidnaps marco.
4. story takes place in norther sicily.
5. family, revenge, and pride.

Jackson Hallberg said...

1. A. Penelope, wants to go home.
B. Tough.
C. Drinks a lot.

2. A. Elliot.
B. Picks up Penelope on side of the road, is supposed to drive her home.

3. A. Elliot drives car down dirt road, tries to kill Penelope. Elliot keeps telling Penelope he is bringing her home, even though she questions the route he is taking. Penelope pretends to go along with it though she knows someone is not right with Elliot. Elliot harasses her, Penelope turns on Elliot and fights back.

4. On a highway in West Virginia; down a dirt road; through the woods; at night; in the summer. 1980's

5. Penelope will have small flashbacks to foreshadow her party life. Theme of the story will be 'listen to your friends'.

Anonymous said...

1) Rick, want something (secret)
He is an alcholic
Mom died while giving birth

2) Father, and other minor characters, he wants something (secret)
He is a drunk and does not like his son

3) We discussed this in class it is secret, and I actually do have one.

4) Boston

5) Be careful who you trust and love your family no matter what

Matt said...

1)alex, wants to get his portion of the money after his gang robs bank
tough
has been in jail several times

2)Anthony, kill alex for his portion of money
was part of robbery

3)when anthony and alex finally find each other
alex searching city
both want alex's money

4)new york city
present

5)money isn't everything

Anonymous said...

1.Pyro
a.want to be cure from his curse
b.Brave,friendly,Fair But reckless
c.Breaks the most manly part of God Polyneices's statue (The Penis).And so he got curse.

2.God Polyneices
a.Make Pyro pay for what he did.
b.He put a curse on Pyro and refue to cure him.

3.Plot
a.When Pyro are fighting to be cure with God Polynecies.
b.In the forbiden land of God.
c.He is tryin to trick God so he could get cure.

4.It change a lot. First it in past as he was a kid who break state in our real world. second is forbbiden kingdoms of God and lasty God Polynecies's throne.

5.Don't ever give up and always be creative.

julia said...

1. Jaquelyn
a. wants to everyone to be a born again christian
b. officious
c. drug abuse with meth, sleeping around, and going against god, also suffers from skisofrania.

2.Aurora
a. a atheist
b. does not want to be a born again christian or believe in god like the protagonist wants her too.

3.
a. jaquelyn is forcing aurora to become a born again christian.
b. at the alter of a church
c. aurora does not believe in god.

4. around the early 60's in alabama in a spread out suburban area.

5. sometimes people feel so strongly about their beliefes that they think their way is right and no other way.

Anonymous said...

1. Mark Hendrix
a. cover himself as a member of the US senate while he commits fraud
b. has had experience
c. growing up his family had a tough financial stand point
2. Jim Small
a. wants to stop Mark from committing fraud
b. is very ethical and does not like what he sees Mark doing
3.
a. Mark, shoots Jim after Jim tries to blame Mark of fraud
b. In Marks office in the senate building
c. Jim wants to get Mark to admit his fraudulent actions
4. Mainly in the senate building, Mark and Jim's houses and a local bar
5. Washington is overrun by greedy politicians

Lee Dong Whan said...

1. Protagonist
A. A veteran hostage negotiator, Brian’s daughter is kidnapped by a thief named Steve. He wants his daughter back.
B. Brian is very cold blooded, self- centered, and not taking care of his family. But he is talented negotiator.
C. When he was 7years old, his mother was murdered by a thief, in front of his present. After he lost mom, he never smiled throughout his life. He decided to become a policeman, and keep the justice for the society.

2. Antagonist
A. A notorious thief named Steve wants six million dollars. He will use that money to escape from the US.
B. Steve captures Brain’s daughter as a hostage, and he threatens Brian to prepare six million dollars in five hours. Otherwise, his daughter will be murdered brutally.

3. Plot
A. Brian realizes that preparing six million dollars in five hours is impossible. At the promised time, he goes to park with a huge black suitcase which is filled with paper towel. After a dreadful silence, Brian abruptly pulls the trigger to Steve, while Steve is pointing Brian’s daughter with muzzle.
B. An empty abandoned park, distance lies in between Brian and Steve.
C. The main conflict appears in between Steve and Brian. Brian wants his daughter back, but he has neither enough money nor time to prepare. Steve desperately wants money, and he is not interested in raping Brian’s young daughter.

4. Setting
A. This story takes place at the empty abandoned park, around midnight. Autumn breeze is chilly, and leaves are colored in various colors. Street lamps are very dim, and they can barely see with each other. Empty bottles and advertisement are all around the park.

5. Theme
Rediscover of his sincere emotion. Brian feels some sort of responsibility as a father, not as a negotiator. => Responsibility, family love

Anonymous said...

Protagonist
John
a.recent Investigator/cop, gets dragged into a crime that envolves him
b.lazy,not commited
c.fired from previous job because he was not working hard enough.

Antagonist
a.Mental patient escaspes from hospital. he wants to terrorize John's life

3. The suspense begins when John wakes up to a dead body in his house. He paniacks and does not know what to do because the dead body is his old capt of police who recently just fird him. Throughout the story he paniacks and finally decides to flee into another country.

4. John's house

5. determination, never give up

Max said...

Troy briskly walked down the street. He casually looked over his left shoulder although on the inside he was fighting every urge not to break out into a full out run. They had been looking for him for over a year now. And they hadn’t won yet.

Brian flew down the highway as he angrily slammed his phone shut. He had just been told about the fight and now his best friend wasn’t picking up his phone.

Setting- Suburb somewhere in a quite town, then moved to mansion on the outskirts of a city.

Theme/climax- finally he will have a gunfight with his brother with an untold end

Kenny Richardson said...

1. Batman
a. Batman wants to quite his heroic duties. b. Usually heroic.
c. Turned forty years old two weeks ago and feels old.

2. Robin
a. Robin wants to become the "new Batman."
b. Robin is doing all he can to make Batman feel inadequate and old. However, he is at this point in his career corrupt and is not interested in saving the world.

3.
a.The climax will be a final battle between Batman and Robin in which Batman saves an innocent citizen, defeats Robin, and returns to his normal "job."
b. The set up will be Batman finally convinced that he should retire and leaving his identity for good. However, he will return and fight Robin in the end.
c. The conflict is that Robin is doing all he can to get Batman to retire.

4. The story takes place in Gotham City. Sometime close to present day.

5. My theme will be something concerning staying tough through all your insecurities and to be comfortable with yourself.

Seb said...

1. Neil wants to find out who the killer is. Determined. Nobody ever gave him a chance to prove himself and they always doubted him.

2. Mr. Washburn wants to kill students and inspect their bodies because he has a disturbing obsession with anatomy (the subject that he teaches). People are going missing on campus.

3. Neil finds Mr. Washburn's operating room. Through some door in a sketchy closet. Neil is curious why the lights Washburns room are on every time a person goes missing.

4. Large Boarding School

5. Anybody can be a hero, perseverance

Timothy said...

1. A. Jimmy wants to marry Jessica.
B. Jimmy is a drug addict and Jessica isn't.
C. Jessica hasn't even drank before, so she's not into the things Jimmy does.

2. A. Ed wants Jessica.
B. Jessica and Ed are closer than Jimmy and Jessica.

3. A.When Jimmy brings Jessica to the Redsox playoff game.
B. Everything is good at the game at Jimmy brings her back to his apartment.
C. Ed walks in on Jimmy and Jessica having sex.

4. Boston, Mass. Fall, 2008

5. how Jeassica and jimmy feel about each other and how ed and jimmy feel about each other and how jessica and ed feel about each other.

elle said...

1. Josh
a. He wants to get revenge on his older step brother, Chad
b. shy, few friends
c. never knew his real mother

2.Chad
a. wants to make himself more popular
b. before chad, josh was the big man on campus

3. a. When Josh's prank takes an unexpected turn
b. Josh is jealous of chad taking his spot in the popular group, proposes a prank
c. Josh wants his place back and will try anything to get it

4. Present Day, Bel-Air Prep highschool

5. When do you draw the line, how far is too far.