PLOT

PLOT

1. Definition

   • The way the author sequences and paces the events
     • Action
       • Events recounted in a fictional work
     • Sequence
       • The precise order in which are related
     • Subplot
       • A plot that receives significantly less time and attention than another

2. Pace

   • How much time and attention is given to each part
     • Fast paced
     • Slow paced

3. Conflicts

   • Some sort of struggle
     • External
       • It arises between characters and something or someone outside them- selves.
     • Internal
       • In reconciling two competiting desires, needs, duties, parts of oneself, head vs heart, feeling vs reason

4. Parts of the plot

   • 1. Exposition
     • Introduction to chraracters, sitatuions, place and time.
   • 2. Rising Action
     • Inciting accident
   • 3. Clima or turning point
     • Moment of greatest emotional intensity
   • 4. Falling Action
     • Release of emotional intensity
   • 5. Conclusion
     • Return to a somewhat stable situation