
Newbery Award
Exposition: Charlotte’s Web is about a pig named Wilbur who becomes friends with a spider named Charlotte. Wilbur and Charlotte live in the barn with all the other animals.
Conflict: One of the animals tells Wilbur that he is going to be killed.
Rising Action: Wilbur becomes frightened and asks Charlotte for help. Charlotte begins to weave webs that say words describing Wilbur. Wilbur becomes very popular across the country because of the webs that Charlottes weaves for him.
Climax: Wilbur wins first place at the fair so his owners do not kill him for his meat.
Falling Action: Wilbur got to live to be an old pig in the barn with his friends.
Resolution: Charlotte died at the end of the book after having her babies three of which stayed in the barn with Wilbur.
Literary Qualities: Two strong literary elements in this book are the characters and the point of view. The characters in this book are not like most books because animals can talk in this book. The point of view is from the animals’ perspective which gives the reader a different view of farm animals.
Conflict: One of the animals tells Wilbur that he is going to be killed.
Rising Action: Wilbur becomes frightened and asks Charlotte for help. Charlotte begins to weave webs that say words describing Wilbur. Wilbur becomes very popular across the country because of the webs that Charlottes weaves for him.
Climax: Wilbur wins first place at the fair so his owners do not kill him for his meat.
Falling Action: Wilbur got to live to be an old pig in the barn with his friends.
Resolution: Charlotte died at the end of the book after having her babies three of which stayed in the barn with Wilbur.
Literary Qualities: Two strong literary elements in this book are the characters and the point of view. The characters in this book are not like most books because animals can talk in this book. The point of view is from the animals’ perspective which gives the reader a different view of farm animals.
White, E. B., Williams, G., & Rosenwald, E. G. (1952). Charlotte's web. New York: Harper.
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