*Elements of a Plot ( Novels, short stories, plays, movies, poetry, etc….)

Miss AmorinEnglish

•Elements of a Plot include:

• Exposition

• Exciting Force

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution/ Catastophe

Exposition Example

• *Exposition= background info. • Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare- Exposition:• There are conflicts between two families from different social

statures; the Montagues (Romeo) and the Capulets (Juliet). In the beginning of the play, the protagonist, Romeo, feels lust for Rosaline.

• Protagonists= Romeo and Juliet• Antagonists= Montague & Capulet families, society, & social

status• Setting= Verona, and Mantua, Italy• Time Period= Elizabethan, late 16th century

Exposition in __________

• Setting=

• Time Period=

• Protagonist=

• Antagonist=

• Main conflict=

Exciting Force

• *Exciting force=

• Moment that follows the introduction of a drama and initiates the rising action; it consists of a resolution on the part of the protagonist or the primary antagonist to accomplish some major goal.

Exciting Force Example

• *Exciting Force- “Excites” the audience

• First point of interest for audience.

• Goal intended exposed

• Very beginning of the rising action

• Romeo and Juliet example of the Exciting Force:

• Romeo meets Juliet at the Capulet house (party). They fall in love.

Exciting Force in _______

• What “excites” the audience?

• Goal?? =

Rising Action

Rising Action Example

• *Rising action- the conflict of the story becomes more complicated by other secondary actions in the plot or by the antagonist/s.

• Example- Romeo and Juliet by: W. Shakespeare

• Rising Action:• Romeo needs to secretly marry <3 Juliet fearing

that a Montague and a Capulet would never be allowed to marry.

Rising Action in _______

• Conflict?

• What complicates the story line?

Climax

Climax Example

• *Climax- most intense part of story line. Plot usually takes a turn for the worse for the protagonist at this point.

• Romeo and Juliet example of climax:• Tybalt kills Mercutio, then Romeo kills Tybalt.

• The Prince arrives and orders that Romeo be banashed from

Verona.

• Romeo cannot be with his love, Juliet.

Climax in _________

• Most intense part of the plot=

(turn for the worse)

Falling Action

• During the Falling Action, the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels with the protagonist winning or losing against the antagonist.

• A moment of final suspense is usually involved in relation to the final outcome of the conflict.

Falling Action Example

• *Falling Actions• Romeo and Juliet example of falling action.• Paris will soon be married to Juliet (as forced by her family).

• The Capulets do not know about her secret marriage to Romeo.

• Juliet decided to fake her death with a potion the Friar gives her.

• Romeo is informed that Juliet is dead when she is really sleeping from the potion.

• Romeo arrives at the Capulet burial vault ready to kill himself for love.

Falling Action in ________

• Point when conflict unravels=

• Moment of final suspense

Resolution/ Catastrophe

Resolution/ Catastrophe example

*Resolution/catastrophe= “unknotting” of the conflict; end result; lesson• Romeo and Juliet example of Resolution:

• Romeo drinks the poison and dies.

• Juliet wakes up, finds Romeo dead, and kills herself with a dagger.

• Both families agree to stop the hatred after the tragedy.

Resolution in ________

• End result=

• Lesson=

Plot structure of a story REVIEW*