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The plot of a story has five points:
� Introduction
� Rising Action
� Climax
� Falling Action
� Denouement (Resolution)
• Introduction
–Contains some setting and character
information
–Conflict—most conflict in stories can be
boiled down to the following categories:
• Internal Conflict (personal struggle)
• External Conflict (fight, etc)
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Plot Notes
• Rising Action
–Events that happen that lead up to
the climax
–No limit to number of events
Plot Notes
• Climax
–The turning point of the story
–A MAJOR shift in events
–The story is drastically changed after the
climax
–Not necessarily the “middle” of the
story—often happens closer to the end
Plot Notes
• Falling Action
–Events happen BECAUSE OF the climax
–Typically fewer in number than rising
action
• Story ends quickly after climax
• Resolution
–Satisfaction of conflict
–Happens quickly after falling action
Characterization Notes
• Character development is the way a story
teller informs the audience about the
character's personality, history, thought
processes, etc.
• The better the audience knows the
character, the better the character
development.
Characterization Notes• There are two methods of characterization:
–Direct
• The author tells us exactly what kind of person the
character is
– Indirect
• The author reveals information about the
character through the following methods:
– The character’s appearance
– The character’s speech
–Other characters’ reactions to the character
– The character’s actions
– -The character’s private thoughts *
Characterization Notes
Direct Characterization Indirect Characterization
Sally has brown hair and
brown eyes. She is a sad girl.
She walks around all day
crying because her kitten,
Mittens, ran away.
“I can’t believe he’s gone!”
Sally’s hair fell around her
face like a brown curtain as
she threw herself onto her
bed and dissolved into a fit of
tears. “Mittens was the best
cat in the whole world!” she
sobbed. Her mother looked
on from the doorway,
wondering what she could do
to comfort her little girl.
Characterization Notes• More Characterization Terms:
–Flat Character: a character that is two-
dimensional, not well described, stereotypical
–Round Character: complex, three-
dimensional characters, characters described
in detail (main characters almost always
round)
–Static Character: character that does not
change in the course of a work
–Dynamic Character: character undergoes a
transformation in the text
Characterization Notes• More Characterization Terms:
–Protagonist
• The main character in a story
• Typically the “good guy,” but NOT ALWAYS!
–Antagonist
• The character working against the main character
• Typically the “bad guy,” but NOT ALWAYS!