Parts of Plot

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Parts of Plot

• The Building Blocks of a Story!

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What is a Plot?

• The plot of a story is its chain of related
  events.
• The plot is made up of 5 major parts
• You may remember the parts of plot by remembering
  the plot mountain.

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Basic Situation

• The first part of the plot that gives the
  setting, characters, and conflict?
• It gives us the basics of the story.

4
Setting

• When and where the story takes place.
• The setting can be realistic or totally made up.
• Its important to always tell the when along
  with the where
• In historical or science fiction, the when may
  be more important than the where.

5
Conflict

• The major problem the characters must solve in
  the story.
• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Self
• Man vs. Nature
• Man vs. Society

Conflict may be internal or external
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Complications

• Smaller problems or obstacles characters run
  across while trying to solve the conflict.
• They complicate things and add suspense and
  entertainment to the story.

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Climax

• The most exciting moment in the story the
  turning point.
• Think of a fence post. At this point the story
  may fall in several different directions before
  the conflict is solved.

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Falling Actions

• After the climax, the ending of the story is not
  too far away.
• Think of the falling action as a sliding board.
• Falling Acion is all the events leading from to
  climax down to the ending (Resolution)

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Rising Action

• The rising action of a story is all the plot
  events leading up to the climax.
• The rising action includes all the complications
  that make a story interesting or suspenseful
• Think of a roller coast climbing up the hill
  before it falls.

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Resolution

• Root word (Resolve) means to solve problems.
• The resolution is the end of the story where the
  conflict is solved.
• All loose ends are tied up.

Whew, Im done!
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Protagonist

• A protagonist is the main character in a piece of
  literature.
• The protagonist usually represents the good
  side

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Antagonist

• The Antagonist is the character(s) or force
  acting against the protagonist.
• You may hear the antagonist referred to as the
  villain

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Theme

• A storys theme is the topic or idea the author
  wants you to understand in the piece.
• A story may have more than one theme.
• The theme may look like a moral, or it may be a
  general idea about life and people.
• Ex One theme in The Egypt Game is the power of
  imagination.

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Infer / Inference

• When we infer, we make an educated guess based on
  the information provided in the passage.
• Think of it as reading between the lines
• Ex I know a volcano erupted in Pompeii. The
  story says the smoke and air are changing. I can
  infer that the volcano is getting ready to erupt
  in the story.