Enjoying Reading 6Plot – Freytag’s Pyramid Plot Structure

Objectives:• Define the elements of a plot•Use the Freytag’s pyramid

plot structure in sequencing the events of given stories

Task: Read the comic strip

entitled “King Midas”. Get ready to arrange some events as they happened in the story.

King Midas

King Midas wanted to become the richest man in the world.

One day, King Midas saved a satyr.

Dionysus – the god of merry making – owned the creature.

In return, Dionysus asked King Midas what he wanted.

King Midas wished that everything he touched to turn to gold.

Dionysus granted King Midas’ wish.

Everything that the king touched became gold – even his daughter.

King Midas became unhappy. He asked the god to take back the wish.

Dionysus told Midas on how to get rid of the spell.

King Midas washed his “golden touch” in a river.

He became even richer because the water flowed with a golden gleam.

• Everything that the King touched turned to gold.

• King Midas realized he did not need the wish.

• King Midas saved the satyr. • Dionysus granted the king’s wish. • Dionysus took back the first

wish.

Freytag’s Pyramid Plot Structure

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EXPOSITION:King Midas saved the satyr.

RISING ACTION:Dionysus granted the king’s wish.

CLIMAX:Everything that the King touched turned to gold.

FALLING ACTION:King Midas realized he did not need the wish.

RESOLUTION:Dionysus took back the first wish.

EXPOSITION:King Midas saved the satyr.

RISING ACTION:Dionysus granted the king’s wish.

CLIMAX:Everything that the King touched turned to gold.

FALLING ACTION:King Midas realized he did not need the wish.

RESOLUTION:Dionysus took back the first wish.

SW4:Use Freytag’s pyramid plot

structure to sequence the events from the story “Paper Man”.

EXPOSITION:

CLIMAX:

RESOLUTION:

RISING ACTION: FALLING ACTION:

Pyramid Plot Structure of the Paper Man

• He saw her near his work area. • The man met a woman at the

train station. • The paper airplanes tried to unite

the two. • The man and woman saw each

other again. • The man tried to get her attention

using paper airplanes.

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Sequence

L3: Freytag’s Pyramid Plot Structure

1.ExpositionIntroduction of the story’s background information(e.g. setting, characters, event before the main plot begins)

2.Rising ActionSeries of conflicts that build the suspense in the story

3.ClimaxTurning point of the storyPoint of highest interest

4.Falling ActionPart that contains the resolution of the conflict

5.ResolutionClosing of the story

EXPOSITION:King Midas saved the satyr.

RISING ACTION:Dionysus granted the king’s wish.

CLIMAX:Everything that the King touched turned to gold.

FALLING ACTION:King Midas realized he did not need the wish.

RESOLUTION:Dionysus took back the first wish.

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