Elements of Plot - Bainbridge Island School District
Elements of Plot
Structure and Elements
What is Plot?
Fig. 1
Plot is...
Plot is the order of events that make up a story.
The plot of a story is a series of interconnected events in which every occurrence has a specific purpose. A plot is all about establishing connections, suggesting causes, and showing
Aristotle's Unified Plot
Aristotle described the basic triangle-shaped plot structure, which has a beginning, middle, and end.
middle
beginning
end
Fig.2
PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION.
--Aristotle, 350 BCE
FYI
Gustav Freytag was a 19thcentury German playwright and novelist who saw common patterns in the plots of stories and novels and developed a diagram to analyze them.
Fig. 3
Freytag's Pyramid
Freytag modified Aristotle's pyramid by adding rising action and falling action, making it a fivepart design.
climax
rising action
falling action
exposition
denoument
Freytag's Pyramid
The plot of a story can be mapped using Freytag's elements of plot:
climax
complication
rising action
exposition
falling action
resolution
denoument
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