Plot Exposition (Intro) Rising Action Climax (the “big event”) The plot of a fiction story has 5 main parts: Exposition (Intro) Rising Action Climax (the “big event”) Falling Action Resolution (Conclusion)
The 5 Stages of Plot Exposition Introduces characters, setting, conflict Rising Action The first things that happen in the story; usually explains the conflict Climax A “turning point” in the story that changes its outcome Falling Action The action that results from the climax/change Resolution The conflict is resolved or comes to a conclusion