Plot: the structure and relationship of actions and events in a text.
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Plot Structure
Plot: the structure and relationship of actions and events in a text
Plot: A Definition
Plot is usually illustrated with a triangle/mountain image.
Plot Diagram
The five plot points on a plot diagram occur in the order that follows:
1. Exposition2. Rising Action3. Climax4. Falling Action5. Denouement/Resolution
Plot Points
The exposition introduces the characters, background, and setting.
◦Protagonist: main character, often (but not always) the hero of the story
◦Antagonist: character against the protagonist, often (but not always) villain of the story
◦Setting: the place and time that a story takes place
Exposition
Conflict: struggle between opposing forces.◦Man vs. Man◦Man vs. Nature◦Man vs. Society◦Man vs. Self
Conflict
Rising action: events which lead to the climax of the story
Rising Action
Climax: the highest point of action in the story
Climax
Falling action: events in the story that lead to the end of the conflict.
Falling Action
Denouement/Resolution: the end of the conflict
Denouement/Resolution
Plot is usually illustrated with a triangle/mountain image.
Plot Diagram
Plot Diagram: Orpheus and Eurydice
Exposition
Rising
Act
ion Falling Action
Denouement
Climax
Protagonist: Antagonist: Setting(s): conflict:
