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Plot, Theme, Conflict

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PLOT STRUCTURE

EXPOSITION

INTRODUCES CHARACTER AND SETTING

INCITING INCIDENT

FIRST MAJOR EVENT THAT STARTS ACTION

RISING ACTION

EVENTS THAT BUILD TENSION AND CREATE PROGRESSIVE COMPLEXITY

CLIMAX

THE FINAL EVENT THAT BRINGS IRREVERSIBLE CHANGE

FALLING ACTION

EVENTS THAT OCCUR AS TENSION DECREASES

RESOLUTION

RESOLVES THE MAIN CONFLICT OF THE STORY

STORY VALUE

  • Universal quality of the human experience
  • Shifts from positive to negative
  • Shifts from negative to postive
  • Examples: love/hate alive/dead truth/lie
Photo by Darwin Bell

THEME

  • A clear sentence that states the controlling idea
  • Controlling idea = value + cause
  • Value ( pos/neg)
  • Cause ( main reason for change)
Photo by mugley

CONFLICT

HUMAN VS INNER HUMAN

HUMAN VS HUMAN

HUMAN VS PEOPLE

OTHER CONFLICT TYPES

  • Human vs technology
  • Human vs Fate
  • Human vs Supernatural