PLOT AND CONFLICT

N o t e s

PLOT is a series of related events that make up one story

Three Types of Plots

Chronological

tells events in the order they occur

Three Types of Plots

Flashback

the present looking back to the past

Three Types of Plots

In media res (in the middle)story starts in the middle of the action

Freytag’s Plot Structure

Exposition: the start of the story; before the action

Rising Action: events that build before excitement

Climax: most intense moment and story’s turning point

Falling Action: the lessening action after the climax

Resolution: the conclusion; tying the story up

Conflict is the struggle between two forces in a story.

Human vs Nature

Human vs Society

EXTERNAL CONLICT (outside the person)

Human vs Human

INTERNAL CONLICT (within the person)

Human vs Self