Question

I need help! Write a short story about flowers smushed on a doorstep. Please make sure it is 2 pages long.

Please make sure it includes the following:

- Setting

- Characters

- Inciting event/action/conflict

- Point of view

- Conflict

- Plot Sequence

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

"The Smushed Bouquet"

Setting: A small suburban neighborhood in the springtime.

Characters:

Sarah, a young girl who loves flowers and is known for her green thumb.

Mrs. Thompson, Sarah's elderly neighbor who enjoys spending time in her garden.

Mrs. Green, a grumpy neighbor who takes pride in her spotless doorstep.

Inciting event/action/conflict: Sarah is walking home from school with a bouquet of freshly picked flowers for her mother when she runs into Mrs. Thompson, who invites her over for a cup of tea. As Sarah is leaving Mrs. Thompson's house, she trips and falls, causing the bouquet to become smushed on Mrs. Green's doorstep.

Point of view: Third person limited, focusing on Sarah.

Conflict: Mrs. Green is notorious for her strict rules and cleanliness, and is not pleased when she sees the mess on her doorstep. She berates Sarah, telling her that she has ruined her doorstep and she should have been more careful. Sarah is ashamed and apologizes, but Mrs. Green continues to scold her, causing her to burst into tears.

Plot Sequence:

Sarah is walking home with a bouquet of flowers for her mother.

She stops to talk to Mrs. Thompson, who invites her over for tea.

As Sarah is leaving, she trips and falls, causing the flowers to become smushed on Mrs. Green's doorstep.

Mrs. Green scolds Sarah for the mess and berates her for being careless.

Sarah apologizes and tries to clean up the mess, but Mrs. Green continues to scold her.

Sarah bursts into tears and runs home, feeling ashamed.

Later that day, Sarah returns to Mrs. Green's doorstep with a new bouquet of flowers and a heartfelt apology.

Mrs. Green is touched by Sarah's gesture and they both share a smile, realizing that a small act of kindness can go a long way.

Sarah and Mrs. Green start a new friendship, bonding over their shared love of flowers.

End of story.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Setting: A small suburban neighborhood in the early morning.

Characters:

Mrs. Jenkins - An elderly woman who lives in the neighborhood.

Sarah - A young girl who is a friend of Mrs. Jenkins.

Mrs. Thompson - A neighbor who often has conflicts with Mrs. Jenkins.

Mr. Smith - A delivery man who is delivering flowers to Mrs. Jenkins.

Inciting event/action/conflict: Mrs. Jenkins discovers that the flowers she was expecting to receive were smushed on her doorstep.

Point of view: Third person limited.

Conflict: Mrs. Jenkins is confused and upset by the flowers being destroyed and wants to find out who is responsible.

Plot Sequence:

Mrs. Jenkins wakes up early in the morning and walks to her front door to retrieve her daily newspaper.

She discovers that the flowers she was expecting to receive are smushed on her doorstep.

Sarah, who is a friend of Mrs. Jenkins, sees her upset and walks over to see what happened.

Mrs. Jenkins explains to Sarah that she had ordered the flowers for her granddaughter’s birthday, and they were ruined before they could even be delivered.

Sarah tries to cheer her up by saying that they will find out who did it and make them pay for the flowers.

Mrs. Jenkins remembers that she had a conflict with Mrs. Thompson the previous day, and she is convinced that she is the one responsible for destroying the flowers.

Sarah and Mrs. Jenkins go over to Mrs. Thompson’s house to confront her, but she denies any involvement.

Mr. Smith, the delivery man, arrives and explains that the flowers were destroyed in transit, and he had nothing to do with it.

Mrs. Jenkins is disappointed but grateful that Mr. Smith was honest with her.

Sarah decides to buy Mrs. Jenkins a new bouquet of flowers to make up for the ruined ones.

Mrs. Jenkins is overjoyed and thanks Sarah for her kindness.

The two friends enjoy the new flowers together, and Mrs. Jenkins forgets about the ruined ones.

The story ends with Mrs. Jenkins and Sarah enjoying the new flowers, and Mrs. Jenkins is no longer upset about the ruined ones. She is grateful for Sarah’s kindness and is reminded that there is still good in the world