PLOT“A Day’s Wait”

Ernest Hemmingway

Introduction•A little boy and his father are in the boy’s bedroom.

Conflict•The little boy is sick.

Rising Action

•The father takes the boy’s temperature.

Climax• The boy’s temperature reads as 102 degrees Fahrenheit but the boy is only used to reading Celsius so he thinks he’s going to die.

Falling Action• The father explains

the difference between the two ways to read the temperatures. That Celsius are used in in America while Fahrenheit is used in Europe.

Denouement•The boy just has the flu so he is better the next day.