plot short stories. plot plot: –sequence of events in a literary work. –consists of exposition,...
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Plot
Short Stories
Plot
• Plot:– Sequence of events in a literary work.– Consists of exposition, complication,
rising action, intensification, climax, falling action, and resolution.
• Involves both characters and a central conflict.
Parts of Plot
• Exposition: – The part of the plot that introduces the
characters, the setting, and the basic situation.
• The Exposition is your “background information.”
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Parts of Plot
• Complication:– Part of the plot directly following exposition– Central conflict is introduced
• The Complication is the first time we hear of the major conflict that must be resolved.
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• Rising Action:– All events leading up to the climax
• The Rising Action can be made of just a few events or can be made of hundreds of events
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• Intensification:– Specific actions/conflicts that help move the
story to a high level of suspense.• The Intensification is prior to the climax
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Parts of Plot
• Climax: – The high point of interest or suspense.
• The Climax is the result of the complication, rising action, and intensification.
• The Climax leads to the falling action and resolution.
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Parts of the Plot
• Falling Action: – Events leading to the resolution of the central
conflict.• The Falling Action can contain many events, or it
can contain just one event.
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• Resolution: – The end of the central conflict.
• The Resolution does not have to be the end of the story.
• FYI: Events after the resolution are called the denouement.
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Plot of Forrest Gump
• Exposition:– The very beginning of
the movie– Forrest is sitting on the
park bench…– “If I think real hard,
maybe I can remember my first pair of shoes…”
Plot of Forrest Gump
• Complication:– Meeting Jenny on the
bus to school.– “Can’t sit here…”
Plot of Forrest Gump
• Rising Action:– Jenny and Forrest
become the best of friends.
– Forrest goes away to college
– Forrest goes to war
Plot of Forrest Gump
• Intensification:– Forrest runs into
Jenny at the anti-war demonstration.
Plot of Forrest Gump
• Climax:– Jenny comes home– “We were like peas
and carrots again.”
Plot of Forrest Gump
• Falling Action:– Jenny leaves again– Forrest runs across
the country– Jenny and Forrest
reunite– Jenny and Forrest
marry
Plot of Forrest Gump
• Resolution:– Jenny dies