Plot!Plot!

The Heart Beat of the StoryThe Heart Beat of the StoryImage: Heart Beat…," The Bike'n Fool's Weblog"Real Heart Beat Sound." Soundbible.com.

What is Plot?What is Plot?

•Plot is the interrelated sequence

of events in a story.

•Plot explains why things happen in a

story. Elements of Plot"Literary Fiction." Shortfictionworld.com.

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The Elements of Plot:The Elements of Plot:TheThe Heart BeatHeart Beat of the Storyof the Story

Exposition(Beginning)

Heart rate is starting to increase.

Heart rate is racing, “fight or flight” style.

Heart rate is beginning to slow.

Resolution

Heart rate is slow and steady.

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

(Denouement) Heart rate returns to slow and steady beating.

Do you think this Do you think this statement is factual statement is factual or metaphorical?or metaphorical?

“Boom Boom Pow,” Black Eyed Peas.

The Elements of Plot:The Elements of Plot:How the Story UnfoldsHow the Story Unfolds

Exposition(Beginning)

The events leading up to the climax.

Usually

the moment of the greatest interest and emotional involvement for the reader.

Falling Action

(Denouement) *French word meaning“unknotting,” or “unwinding.”

Presents the characters, setting, and tone of the story before the action begins.

Inciting force... Conflict... More conflict..

Rising Action

The moment when the crisis is most intense, and is then resolved.

ClimaxClimax

The events following the climax.

How the events and conflicts of the story are resolved.

Resolution

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