Use complete sentences to respond to each question about your novel or short story.
title of short story or novel magicians nephew
author c. s. lewis
rising action
think about the protagonist of your novel or short story. list two actions the protagonist takes that increase the conflict. describe the results of each action.
protagonist’s action #1
result of protagonist’s action #1
protagonist’s action #2
result of protagonist’s action #2
think about the antagonist of you novel or short story. list two actions the antagonist takes that increase the conflict. describe the results of each action.
antagonist’s action #1
result of antagonist’s action #1
antagonist’s action #2
result of antagonist’s action #2
climax
think about the climax of your story. describe the choice the protagonist makes to change the course of the conflict.
falling action
think about the falling action of your story. describe one event of falling action that directly follows your protagonist’s choice.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt