15/4 Paragraph about plot

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Road map

Warm-up clip: the plot

Explanation of the plot

Task

Review

Plot

Plot = what happens in a story and how these events are told

Most stories have the same structure.

We use Freytag's Pyramid to describe the sequence of events:

Freytag's Pyramid

Exposition

> the start of the story

> the protagonist is introduced

> the (main/first) setting is described

> something happens

Rising Action

> events unfold

> things happen

> more problems

> more excitement

Climax

> most exciting

> problems at max

> can't stop reading/ playing/watching

Falling Action

> main problem is solved

> other (minor) problems are resolved

> questions are answered

Denouement

The they-lived-happily-

ever-after-stage

(ideally? perhaps not?)

Task

Write a paragraph of about 100 words about the plot of your novel. 

Incorporate the terms used to describe Freytag's pyramid:

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement

Looking ahead

Monday: work on website (upload what you've written so far)

Tuesday: work on presentation slides

Thursday: work on 'the hook' for the presentation