identifying the elements of a plot diagram take notes!
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Identifying the Elements of A Plot Diagram
Take Notes!
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Climax: The turning point. The most intense moment (either mentally or in action.
Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax.
Exposition: The start of the story. The way things are before the action starts.
Falling Action: all of the action which follows the Climax.
Resolution: The conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads.
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Plot
Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story.
A plot line/diagram shows an arrangement of events and actions within a story.
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1. Exposition This usually occurs at the beginning of a short
story. Here, the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict (main problem).
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2. Rising Action This part of the story begins to develop the
conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs.
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3. Climax This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main
character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way.
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4. Falling Action All loose ends of the plot
are tied up. The conflict(s) and climax are resolved.
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5. Resolution
• Also called denouement.
• The story comes to a reasonable ending.
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Putting It All Together1. Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution
Beginning of Story
Middle of Story
End of Story
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Setting
• The time and the place of the story
• Introduced in the exposition
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Characters
• People, animals, objects
• The author uses characterization to add to the development of the story.
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Conflict• The main problem/issue • Usually introduced in the rising action• Man vs. Man (external conflict)• Man vs. Nature (external conflict)• Man vs. Himself (internal conflict)• Man vs. Society (external conflict)
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Theme
• A central idea…otherwise known as the moral of the story.
• Typically deals with an abstract concept that is made concrete through representation in character, action, and image.
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Theme (continued)
• Cannot be a single word, subject, or activity.
• Must be a statement that covers the work in general.
– “Group hysteria can lead people to do things they would not ordinarily do” is a theme from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.