Plot Structure

What is plot?

• The literary element that describes the structure of a story.

• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

• The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

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There are 3 types of linear plot. Choose the one that does not belong.

• in media res

• chronological order

• Akasha

• flashback

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This is the most basic and traditional form of plot...

• snow-cone shaped

• box shaped

• rectangular shaped

• pyramid shaped

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Who developed the basic triangular shaped plot in 350 BCE?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Tsoukalos

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Who modified Aristotle's unified plot in 1894 by adding rising and falling action?

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

• Gustav Freytag

• Abraham Maslow

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What plot structure diagram is mostly used today by teachers and textbooks?

• Modified Freytag Pyramid

• Madeline Hunter Lesson Plan Model

• Jean Piaget Inquiry-Based Learning

• Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences

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In literature, what is conflict?

• A negotiated, legally binding arrangement between parties as to a course of action.

• The dramatic struggle between two forces in a story.

• To overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of military force.

• A military branch that conducts space warfare.

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There are 3 types of external conflict. Choose the answer that is NOT an external conflict...

• human vs human

• human vs nature

• human vs self

• human vs society

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Which of the following is an example of internal conflict?

• human vs society

• human vs self

• human vs human

• human vs nature

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What is exposition?

• The introduction of setting, characters, and tone.

• The suspense that builds up to a climax.

• The point in the story where conflict is introduced.

• This is the turning point of the story.

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