Plot Structure

a series of related events that make up a story or drama

• rising action

• plot

• climax

• resolution

climax

• the most significant event of a story, highest point of drama or action

• a series of related events that make up a story or drama

• the declining events that take place after the climax

• the struggle between opposing forces or characters

resolution

• the struggle between opposing forces or characters

• a reoccurring idea or thought throughout a story; a central message or statement a story makes

• the ending of the story where the conflict is resolved and all the loose ends come to an end

• a series of related events that make up the story or drama

The _______ is every event that happens in a story.

El _______ es cada evento que sucede en una historia.

• problem

• sequence

• plot

• solution

The five essential parts of a plot are

• Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

• Protagonist, antagonist, flat character, round character, and static character

• Theme, mood, tone, atmosphere, and setting

• Luke, Leah, Han, Chewy, and R2D2

Turning point in a story; moment of greatest suspense; conflict at most intense or dramatic moment.

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Climax

• Falling Action

The highest point of tension or drama in a narratives’ plot.

• Rising Action

• Plot

• Exposition

• Climax

This part has character development and events that create suspense.

• Rising Action

• Plot

• Exposition

• Resolution

All of the events that lead to the eventual climax,

• Exposition

• Plot

• Rising Action

• Resolution

The Very First part of the plot

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Plot