What is plot?

Plot concerns the organization of the main

events in fiction. Plots will tell all the events

in a story in which characters are caught up in

a conflict that is eventually resolved.

Plot DiagramClimax

3

Exposition

12

Rising Action

4Falling Action

5

Resolution

1. Exposition

Can you give me a definition for

Exposition?

• Did You get it right?

• This usually occurs at the beginning

of a short story. Here the characters

are introduced. We also learn about

the setting of the story. This section

also presents other facts necessary

to understanding the story.

2. Rising Action

• Can you give me a definition for

Rising Action in story?

The rising action includes all

the events that lead to the

climax. It also presents some

type of conflict.

Did you get it?

3. ClimaxLet’s think.

What does it

mean when

a story

reaches the

climax?

Did you remember?

The “high point.” 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.

4. Falling Action

Can you explain just

what Falling Action is all

about?

So falling action is when all

loose ends of the plot are

tied up. The conflict(s) and

climax are taken care of.

Ok. Did you explain stories

have falling action?

5. Resolution

• Only one more now – Define

resolution in a story?

Resolution is when all the

loose ends of the story are

tied up for the reader.

So did you get them

all?

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