Exposition
- Half-a-Moon Inn (title) by Paul Fleishman (author)
- Mystery/Suspense/Adventure (genre)
- setting costal village New England 1800s b/c horse-drawn carriages
- protagonist (main character): Aaron
- antagonist is the character or challenge faced by the protagonist
- protagonist vs antagonist results in conflict which sets story in motion
- conflict starts rising action - events in chronological order leading up to highpoint/main action scene known as the climax
- 1st rising action (bottom rung of staircase): Aaron, mute, left home alone on eve of 12th birthday by mom who is travelling into town of Craftsbury; warns son to stay away from woods, closer to coast; Aaron is anxious and tense.
- 2nd rising action: learning to fend for himself, Aaron is faced with an unexpected early snowfall and begins to panic, worry and speculate about his mother's whereabouts, concerned about her safe return home Aarons leaves to find her.
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continue working on Niagara Escarpment geography task
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