Narrative Structure - Plot

The insertion of background information within a story or narrative.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

This part of the plot contains information about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Denouement

The final part of a narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Denouement

Occurs after the falling action and is typically where the story ends.

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

• Denouement

A series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative.

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Climax

Includes all decisions, characters' flaws, and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Denouement

• Resolution

The parts of a story after the climax and before the very end.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

The bridge between the climax and the denouement.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Exposition

The part of the narrative that includes the pebble, rock and boulder.

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Denouement

Typically shorter than the rising action, it's not just a winding down period.

• Rising Action

• Denouement

• Resolution

• Falling Action