Rising Action #3
Falling Action #1
Title of the Story
Climax
Conflict
Exposition
Rising Action #2
1st Person Point of View
Theme
Rising Action #1
Falling Action #2
2nd Person Point of View
Resolution
People don't really ever feel their age.
Rachel moves the ugly, red sweater to the corner of her desk.
Rachel is an 11-year old girl at school and it is her birthday.
Mrs. Price becomes frustrated with Rachel and tells her "that's enough".
ELEVEN by Sandra Cisneros
Rachel cries in front of the class.
Uses "I" and is usually the main character of the story (inside the story).
Rachel says softly that the sweater is not hers, but Mrs. Price doesn't believe her.
Mrs. Price orders Rachel to put on the sweater.
Narrator directs the reader as "you".
Phyllis Lopez remembers the sweater is actually hers.
Rachel's birthday has been ruined.
Mrs. Price says the unclaimed, ugly, red sweater is Rachel's.
