PLOT

EXPOSITION

• Setting
• Characters
• Conflict

RISING ACTION

• The events that occur before the climax

CLIMAX

• The point in the story with the most action
• The turning point
• Suspenseful

FALLING ACTION

• The events that occur after the climax leading to the resolution

RESOLUTION

• The conflict is solved
• Loose ends tied up
• How the characters have changed

STORY PART EXAMPLES

• Exposition- where they figured out the conflict
• Rising action- they are trying the solve the conflict
• Climax- they solve the conflict
• Falling action- the story is winding down, leading to the resolution
• Resolution- the story is concluded and the conflict has been solved and we know how the characters have changed

HOW IT CAN CHANGE

• If the characters think they have solved the problem when they didn't there could be two climaxes
• The whole story could be very climactic

SAMPLE STORY

• Once upon a time there was a little boy named Tommy he was walking in the woods because he was going back to his camp site. When he was heading back he lost track and got lost and didn't know what to do. He asked a rabbit if he knew we he was. The rabbit told him that he would only tell him if he gave Him some carrots. So he searched all over the forest until he found a carrot tree. He brought the carrots back to the rabbit and he told him he was north of the lake, which was his camp site. By the time the rabbit had told him it was already dark and Tommy was tired and went to sleep on a trunk, and waited for tomorrow to come and resume his journey.