Plot Structure Analyzing plot points

Plot Structure

Exposition/Introduction Setting of the scene Introduce characters

Rising action The story builds Characters are in trouble Events increase

Climax The moment of greatest tension The point to which all events have led Characters act

Falling action Events are a result of the climax The story nears its end

Denoument/Final Outcome The denoument is the opposite of the exposition. Remaining plot threads are tied up. The reader learns how the characters will deal with what has happened to them.

Conflict Internal: a mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character External: a struggle that occurs between a character and outside forces, which could be another character or the environment

Types of Characters Dynamic: the character goes through an internal change because of the action of the plot Static: a character whose personality does not change throughout the events in the story’s plot