1. Plot Diagram Powerpoint & Foldable
Created by:
Not Just for Elementary
Images: Graphics Factory

2. Plot Song

3. Foldable
Instructions

4. Fold corners at the bold lines.

5. Cut the dotted lines.

6. Fold flaps to create a
pyramid

7. Plot Structure Label the flaps Exposition Denouement Falling Inciting
Rising
Action
Climax
Falling
Action
Inciting
Incident
Exposition
Denouement
Plot Structure

8. Write the following definition for PLOT underneath “plot structure” title.

9. series of events in a story that usually centers around a conflict

10. Open the flaps and write the following definitions on the backside of its term.
Plot Structure

11. provides background information, setting, and important characters
exposition
provides background information, setting, and important characters

12. Write your examples on the pyramid.
Plot Structure

13. Exposition in video games!

14. the event or decision that begins a story’s problem
Inciting Incident
the event or decision that begins a story’s problem

15. Inciting Incident: The Proposal

16. stage of the plot that builds toward a climax, or turning point
Rising Action
stage of the plot that builds toward a climax, or turning point

17. Rising Action: Back to the Future

19. Climax: Beauty and the Beast

20. Falling Action
shows initial results of the climax, but final outcome is still unknown

21. Falling Action: Mean Girls

22. Denouement
final resolution of a story where everything is made clear and no questions or surprises remain

23. Denouement: Up

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