Plot

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Plot

• What happens?

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So what is plot anyways?

• Plot is what happens in a story
• It consists of a series of related episodes, one
  growing out of another

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Every plot has five parts
Climax the turning point, the most intense
moment in the story
Rising Action the events coming out of the
problem or conflict in the story that leads to
the climax
Falling Action all of the action events which
follow the climax
Resolution the conclusion, the tying together of
all of the threads. The solution to the problem!
Exposition the start of the story, the situation
before the action begins
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Exposition

• The first part of a plot tells us about a storys
  basic situation
• Who are the characters and what do they want?
• This is also where we usually find out about the
  conflict in a story

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Conflict

• Conflict is the struggle between opposing
  characters or opposing forces in a story. Without
  conflict, there is no plot.

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Types of Conflict
Internal Conflict
The character is struggling with something
inside.
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Plot Diagram
Rising Action the events coming out of the
problem or conflict in the story that leads to
the climax
Exposition the start of the story, the situation
before the action begins
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Rising Action

• In the second part of a plot, one or more of the
  characters act to resolve the conflict (or
  problem).
• The actions these characters take are called the
  rising action of a plot.
• There are usually quite a few rising action
  events that lead to a climax. ALL of these are
  considered rising action.

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Climax

• The climax can be hard to find in a story
• It is the turning point of any story - the point
  of no return that changes everything after that
  point for the characters
• This is where the conflict is decided one way or
  another
• Youll begin to know who is going to win or what
  the outcome is going to be

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What the climax is NOT

• A climax is NOT always
• Just the most exciting moment in a story
• The most emotional moment
• The most suspenseful moment

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Plot Diagram
Climax the turning point, the most intense
moment in the story
Rising Action the events coming out of the
problem or conflict in the story that leads to
the climax
Falling Action all of the action events which
follow the climax
Exposition the start of the story, the situation
before the action begins
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Falling Action

• The falling action is similar to the rising
  action of a plot.
• Instead of being the events that lead up to a
  climax, the falling action events lead to the
  resolution.
• It is called the falling action because after the
  climax, the storys excitement winds down.

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Plot Diagram
Climax the turning point, the most intense
moment in the story
Rising Action the events coming out of the
problem or conflict in the story that leads to
the climax
Falling Action all of the action events which
follow the climax
Resolution the conclusion, the tying together of
all of the threads. The solution to the problem!
Exposition the start of the story, the situation
before the action begins
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Resolution

• The resolution is simply the ending of the story.
• This is the part of the story where all the loose
  ends are tied up and the story is closed.

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An important thing to remember

• When you are determining the exposition, climax,
  and resolution of a plot, you need to make sure
  they are all interconnected and related to each
  other.
• The climax needs to be affected by the conflict
  and needs to affect the resolution.
• The resolution needs to be related to the
  conflict and the climax.
• The exposition needs to cause the climax and the
  resulting resolution.

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Principles of Design

• And your assignment, too

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Principles of graphic design

• Hierarchy
• Is it clear what you want to viewer to look at
  first, second, third, etc?
• Scale
• Have you used dramatic scale changes?
• Efficiency
• Is there too much information to communicate your
  idea?

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Principles of graphic design

• Visual Impact
• Is your design compelling? Does it draw the
  viewer in? Does it make them say, wow cool
  gee whiz super-mega dope?
• Intellectual curiosity
• Does your design promote interest and good
  questions by the viewer? hmmmm what is this
  about

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The design process

• 1. Address the issue
• know what ideas you want to get across, before
  you start designing. Troy was trapped in the
  past. Hamlet was a moron. Hamlet was about
  the idiocy of revenge
• 2. Ideas Incubation
• Brainstorm
• sketch
• get messy

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The design process

• 3. Share ideas
• review sketches with others If they say, Huh?
  it might be time to get back to the drawing board
• let them ask questions
• 4. Choose the best solution
• Review design principles
• Choose materials

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War is not good for people and other living things
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Your Assignment

• You will create one large poster. This poster
  will be divided into two parts. On one half will
  be
• 1. your two poems. Use an interesting font.
• 2. An image that represents your character
• 3. a quote from the book.

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The other half of your poster will be a Book
Cover Poster

• Must include a significant quote
• must include a visual that encapsulates one of
  the storys themes or something major about a
  character
• Must follow the principles of design
• Must include author and title
• Must include an image of a fence

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