1. LITERARY DEVICE In Your Notebook:
Narrative Plot Structure
LITERARY DEVICE In Your Notebook:
A.K.A.
(Gustav) Freytag Pyramid

2. NARRATIVE PLOT STRUCTURE

3. SETTING: IS THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE ACTION.
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4. EXPOSITION:
IS THE PART OF A WORK THAT INTRODUCES THE CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND BASIC SITUATION.

5. PLOT:
IS THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN WHICH EACH EVENT RESULTS FROM A PREVIOUS ONE AND CAUSES THE NEXT.

6. RISING ACTION:
THE EVENTS THAT LEAD TO THE CLIMAX.

7. CLIMAX: IS THE TURNING POINT OF THE STORY.
IT IS THE MOMENT OF MOST TENSION.
WILL THE PROTAGONIST FAIL OR SUCCEED?

8. FALLING ACTION:
THE EVENTS THAT LEAD TO THE RESOLUTION (THE END).

9. Resolution + Denouement
IS THE OUTCOME OF THE CONFLICT IN A PLOT. ALL THE STORYLINES SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
Dénouement: (French term, pronounced: day-noo-moh) the ending. At this point, any remaining secrets, questions or mysteries which remain after the resolution are solved by the characters or explained by the author.