Plot

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Plot

• It definitely tends to thicken, no?

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What Is Plot?

• Plot a series of related events that make up a
  story. You know, the important events that
  happen in a story.
• Plot its driven by one or more conflicts, or
  goals, that the main character(s) has.

Cinderella wants to go to the Princes Ball.
Her stepmother and stepsisters try to keep her
from going by giving her lots of work. Her Fairy
God- mother helps her. She meets the Prince. He
likes her. She flees at midnight, but loses her
glass slipper. He tries slipper on many women.
It fits Cinderella. They get married. Yee-Haw!!
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What Makes Up a Plot?

• A Plot has four parts.
• Basic Situation (AKA Exposition)
• Complications
• Climax
• Resolution, or Denouement

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Parts of Plot Basic Situation

• Basic Situation
• is where the main characters are introduced.
• reveals where the story takes place (Setting).
• is where primary conflict, or main goal, of the
  main character is established.

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Parts of Plot Complications

• Complications
• arise when the main character(s) takes steps to
  resolve the conflict, or achieve his or her main
  goal, introduced in the Basic Situation.

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Parts of Plot Climax

• The Climax
• is the moment of greatest emotional intensity
  or suspense.
• marks the moment when the conflict must be
  resolved, or goal achieved, in one way or
  another.

Climax
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Parts of Plot Resolution

• The Resolution
• is where the reader finds out what happens to
  the main character(s) after the goal is
  achieved, or the main conflict is resolved.
• often ties up any loose ends in the story, and
  makes it feel like the story is over.

In Cinderella, the resolution is that they
live happily ever after.
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A Visual Representation of Plot
Climax
Resolution
Complications
Basic Situation
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Conflict

• Conflict
• is the struggle or clash between opposing
  characters or forces. It creates the goal.
• drives the entire plot, from Basic Situation to
  the Resolution
• may be internal or external
• -internal feelings/thoughts inside the
  main character
• -external something outside of the main
  character

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What Have You Learned?
Match the terms below with the correct
definitions.
Plot Climax Basic Situation
_____________ Where the main characters goal,
or conflict, is revealed. _____________ The
moment of greatest emotional intensity or
suspense, and where the character achieves, or
doesnt achieve, his or her main
goal. _____________ A series of related events
that make up a story or drama what happens in a
story.
Basic Situation
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The End