Plot Development

Plot Development

Stories are like a roller coaster!

Poll

What is plot development?

• How a character changes/lives throughout events of a story.

• How a character

Plot Development

• Exposition - the beginning

• Inciting Incident - the moment that makes the story possible

• Rising Action - events trying to solve the problem

• Climax - the OMG moment

• Falling Action - tying up the loose ends

• Resolution - how the story ends

Why does plot development matter?

• it shows how a problem can change a character

• you identify & understand the theme of the story

• you can see why an author choose to have specific events in the story

Exposition

• beginning of the story where main characters are introduced (getting on the roller coaster/enjoy the ride)

• basic situation

• setting time & place

• For example: Theseus & the Minotaur

• Setting-Time: Ancient Times (BC)

• Setting-Place: Ancient Greece

• Main Character(s): Theseus

Multiple Choice

What is exposition?

• The beginning of the story where main characters, situation, and setting are exposed.

• The beginning of the story where the conflict increases so the main character can try to solve the problem.

• The conflict is setting the story into motion in the main setting of the story.

Inciting Incident

• a specific event that makes the rest of the story possible (turning to go up the roller coaster)

• if this event was taken out of the story you would have a different outcome

• For example: Theseus & the Minotaur

• Theseus goes to Crete to defeat the Minotaur (if Theseus didn't go then nothing else would have been possible)

• You can also identify the conflict of the story here

• For example: Theseus & the Minotaur

• Conflict- Character vs. Character

Multiple Choice

What is inciting incident?

• An event in the story that is very minor, the ending would still be the same without this event.

• An exciting incident that occurs in the story.

• The moment that makes the rest of the story possible.

Rising Action

• You know the problem of the story

• the character(s) are trying to solve the problem (up the roller coaster)

• For example: Theseus & the Minotaur

• Event #1: Theseus arrives at Crete and volunteers to go into the maze first

• Event #2: Ariadne gives him string to find his way out & he starts fighting the Minotaur

Climax

• the OMG moment (hanging on at the top/ready to drop)

• the turning point of the story

• character's focus now changes

• For example: Theseus & the Minotaur

• Theseus kills the Minotaur!

• Now he needs to focus on getting home

Open Ended

What is the definition of climax for plot development?

Falling Action

• everything is starting to come full cycle/problems are being solved (down the rollar coaster/very fast)

• For example: Theseus & the Minotaur

• Theseus and Ariadne leave Crete but he leaves her on an island

Multiple Select

What is falling action? Check all that apply.

• problems are being solved

• is at the beginning

• is towards the end

• going down the roller coaster

• the omg moment

Resolution

• the story is at the end (thank you for riding the ride, we hope you enjoyed)

• how does the story end? / cliff hanger

• For example: Theseus & the Minotaur

• Theseus returns home but his dad thinks he is dead so he jumps off a cliff

Multiple Select

Which of the following are part of the 6 elements of Plot Development?

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Inciting Incident

• Rising Action

• Climax

Multiple Choice

Without this moment the rest of the story would not be possible.

• Exposition

• Exciting Incident

• Inciting Incident

• Falling Action

Multiple Choice

This is the OMG moment of the story.

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• inciting incident

Multiple Select

Which of the following all apply to exposition?

• setting - time

• setting - place

• conflict

• main character(s)

Multiple Choice

The very end of the story, where conflicts are resolved.

• exposition

• resolution

• climax

• falling action

Open Ended

What is falling action?