Plot:
The series of events taking place in a story, often involving a struggle.

PLOT OF AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS:

• The plot was trying to get Natalie into the special Autism school.
• This is after the family moved to Alcatraz.
• When Natalie is turned away Moose asks Al Capone for help.

CHARACTERS:

• These are the people, animals, or creatures in your story.

MAIN CHARACTERS IN AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS:

• Moose Flanagan is resonsible, helpful, and loves baseball.
• Natalie Flanagan is different, smart, and unpredictable.

SETTING (TIME, PLACE, AND MOOD):

• The environment in which the story takes place.

SETTING OF AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS:

• Time: 1935
• Place: Alcatraz
• Mood: stressful and mysterious

RISING ACTION

• The part of the story, including the exposition, the tension rises.
• It builds the climax

THE RISING ACTION OF AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS:

• The family moves to Alcatraz.
• Moose has to take care of Natalie, instead of getting to play baseball.
• Natalie and con 105 become friends without Moose knowing.
• Helen and Moose get into a big fight about Natalie and the truth.

CLIMAX:

• When the action comes to it's highest point.
• Most dramatic or suspenseful part of the story.

CLIMAX OF AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS:

• It is when Moose figures out that convict 105 and Natalie are friends.
• This is the day before Natalie has a meeting and is rejected again.

DENOUEMENT

• It follows the climax.
• It is the sharp decline in the dramatic tension.
• The final unraveling of a plot or complicated situation.

THE DENOUEMENT OF AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS:

• Moose asks Al Capone for help with Natalie.
• Moose tells his parents about Natalie and convict 105.
• They celebrate Natalie's birthday the day before the the school meeting.
• Natalie gets into the school at the very end if the book!

CONFLICT:

• The struggle between two forces.

CONFLICT OF AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS:

• Person v.s Society
• It is Person v.s Society because Moose and his family,
• are trying to get Natalie into the Autism school.

TONE:

• The clues in the story that suggest the writer's or narrator's,
• attitude toward elements of the story.
• The feeling you get from the voice of the narrator.

TONE OF AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS:

• The tone is the stress and responsibility that Moose feels about Natalie.

THEME:

• The story's maim ideas- often the "message" that the author means to share, telling the story.
• Themes are often universal truthsthat are suggested by the specifiesof the story.
• Themes must be a statement.

THEME OF AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS:

• I think the theme is to stay true to who you are.
• I think this because Natalie's family kept on lying to the Autism schools about her age.
• Also you should always tell the truth.