Plot Elements

Plot Elements

By Alexis Brougher

Poll

How confident do you feel about plot elements now?

• I can teach someone else

• I understand but couldn't teach it

• I could use more help with it

• I don't remember anything

The building blocks of a story

An order that makes a story make sense ​

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​What is a plot?

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Multiple Choice

What are the building blocks of a story?

• Themes

• Characters

• Plot elements

• Settings

Exposition

Background information ​

This occurs at the beginning of a story. Things introduced here include:

1. characters

2. setting

3. themes

4. important information​

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Multiple Choice

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE EXPOSITION?

• NEW CHARACTERS

• THE RESOLUTION

• THEMES

• SETTINGS

Rising action

This is all of the events leading up to the main conflict​

Rising Action Examples ​

​Avengers Infinity Wars

All the actions the heroes take to get the infinity stones are rising actions ​

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Multiple Choice

What part of Avengers is rising action?

• When Thanos is introduced

• When they fight Thanos

• When a new character is introduced

• When they are gathering the infinity stones

​- Google

" Conflict is competitive or opposing action of incompatibles : antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons)"

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be a conflict?

• friends talking to each other

• people play fighting

• a person reading quietly

• a fight happening in the hallways

​There are 4 major types of conflict

​1. Person vs. Person

2.Person vs. Society

3. Person vs. Nature

4. Person vs. Self ​

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Multiple Choice

How many types of conflicts are there?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 1

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​Person vs. Self

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​Person vs. Person

Two major types of conflict

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The main character fights against the world or nature​

​Person vs. Nature

The main character fights against the society they live in ​

​Person vs. Society

Two more types of conflicts

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Multiple Choice

What does a person fight against in a Person vs. Society conflict?

• another person

• nature

• a government

• themselves

climax

​the main conflict is address

The main character must now face what the story has built up too​

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Open Ended

What is a climax in a story?

​Falling Action

Events after the main conflict.

This is where a story starts to wind down.​

Multiple Choice

When in a story does falling action occur?

• After the climax

• At the beginning

• At the very end

• In the middle

Resolution

​The end of a story

This is the very end of the story, where loose ends are tied up, questions are answered, and the reader/watcher feels closure. ​

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Multiple Choice

The name for the end of a plot is called....

• A conclusion

• Tying things up

• A theme

• A resolution