Plot in The Umbrella Man

Any struggle between opposing forces. This usually begins during the rising action of the story.

• Resolution

• Introduction

• Conflict

• Setting

When the suspense occurs, or conflict begins in a story

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Tension

The conflict has been taken care of, and all loose ends are tied up.

• Theme

• Conflict

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

The very end of a story.

• Resolution

• Plot

• Protagonist

• Rising Action

The beginning of a story. This is usually when the setting and characters are introduced.

• Plot

• Climax

• Introduction

• Theme

Central idea or main message of a work of literature. For example, one of the themes in Harry Potter is that bravery can come in many forms.

• Theme

• Climax

• Resolution

• Plot

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point in the story.

• Introduction

• Theme

• Climax

• Protagonist

The basic story line of a book, or text.

• Introduction

• Plot

• Climax

• Theme

The introduction in The Umbrella Man is when...

• The mother and daughter secretly follow the old man to a pub where he buys a drink with the money.

• The narrator and her mother are waiting for a cab in the rain when an old man approaches them for money for a cab.

• The mother and daughter finally understand that the old man is a trickster.

The rising action in The Umbrella Man is when...

• The mother hands the man some money for his cab fare in exchange for his silk umbrella, but he does not get a cab!

• The mother and daughter secretly follow the old man to a pub where he buys a drink with the money.

• The old man steals an umbrella as he leaves the pub and sells it to someone else for another pound.