Building Plot into Narrative Essays

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Building Plot into Narrative Essays

Basic Plot Structure Climax *Highest point of action *Turning Point *Determines the Outcome Falling Action *Answers questions *Resolves subplots *Sets up for the resolution Rising Action *Builds the action *Creates tension *Comedy? Tragedy? Resolution *Establishes Setting *Introduces Characters *Defines the Main Conflict *Directly answers the main conflict *Provides closure for characters and reader Exposition

Applecline’s Plot Structure Set-up: Establishes setting, introduces the main characters, and presents some sort of problem or tension Build-up: Intensifies conflict; challenges characters Pay-off: Resolves conflict and provides consequences

Hybrid Applecline Plot graph Build-up Climax Falling Action Rising Action Pay-off Set-up Resolution Exposition

It has a plot, but the story still sucks. Why? Motion: Keep the story moving, both between elements, and toward some end Significant Consequences: Why is Transformers so good? Because if the main characters fail we all die. Coherence: Avoid digressions. Every single element should connect to the story as a whole. If the story is about a drag race, why are you talking about the glass stain on your table?

Relevance Narrative essays speak to a particular theme, question, or event in our lives. While it is important to tell a good story, make sure that the significant elements of the story (conflict, resolution, consequences) relate back to that driving question.