Plot
The plot is the story that is told in a novel, play, or movie. The plot has five components.
Plot Structure Components
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
The exposition is the introduction of the story. It contains the setting, introduces the main characters, and gives background information. It is the information needed to understand a story.
The rising action is the portion of the story where a character tries to solve the conflict. This is the longest part of the story.
The climax is the tensest moment of the story. It is the turning point in the story that occurs when characters try to resolve the complication.
The falling action is where the characters begin to apply a solution to the conflict and tie up loose ends.
The resolution is how everything turns out in the story. It is the set of events that bring the story to a close.
Practice
http://www.kanedlive.org/files/Plot%20Resources.pdf (View page 4.)
Example with Cinderella http://www.learningthroughlistening.org/Classroom-Teaching-Tools/Strategies-and-Activities/Graphic-Organizers/Plot-Structure/419/
| 1. Matt and Charlotte
had never met their grandparents because they live across the country. Matt
and Charlotte decided one day that they would like to meet them. All the way
home from school, they talked about how they could contact them and possibly
even go to see them. They decided to ask their parents for help. The parents
seemed very anxious after talking to Matt and Charlotte. They said they
needed time to think it over. Matt and Charlotte couldn't wait to get home
from school the next day to see if their parents had made a decision.
Finally, the school day was over. Matt and Charlotte ran in the house. Their
parents smiled and handed them airplane tickets. Matt and Charlotte were
headed to California to see their grandparents. Matt and Charlotte thanked
their parents and ran to start packing. What is the resolution in this passage? |
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Cara’s I-Jet “Cara, the airbus is approaching. The monitor has picked up the signal less than three miles away. It will be here in less than a minute,” Mother said. “Can you send the AB a delay request?” asked Cara. “I can’t find my I-Jet, and it has my homework stored on it for this whole semester.” “You’ve already used your delay allotment for this month,” answered Mother. “I believe you’ll just have to be on the hovermac, with or without your I-Jet, when the airbus arrives.” Cara rushed back to her room. She looked under her sleeping station, but there was nothing there but dust and some old memory chips. She opened the doors of her clothing dock and rummaged through her AB suits. Cara found her grandmother’s old MP3-player stuck in the pocket of one of her AB suits. The MP3-player had been a keen device when her grandmother was a child, but the old piece of technology hadn’t worked in 50 years. Cara just kept it as a reminder of how difficult life used to be. “20 seconds,” Mom shouted from the food unit. Frustrated, Cara gave up the search. She grabbed an AB suit from the clothing dock and slipped it on. She ran outside to the hovermac and pushed the silver button, signaling the airbus that she was ready to be uploaded. The airbus appeared and hovered over the hovermac, lowering the platform to the ground. As Cara stepped onto the platform, she put
her hand in the pocket of her AB suit and felt a cool steel casing. She
pulled it from her pocket and opened the case. Inside was her I-Jet, just as
she had left it. “There it is!” she exclaimed, relieved that her months of
work would not have to be duplicated. A smile spread across her face as she
and the platform disappeared inside the airbus. |
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| A. The airbus lowers the
platform for Cara to get on. B. Cara searches her sleep station for the missing I-Jet. C. The airbus uploads Cara safely and transports her. D. Cara finds the I-Jet in the pocket of her AB suit. |
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