week 2.1 Freytag Pyramid

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today

-  Freytag pyramid

-extra practice

Plot

Plot is what happens in a story and how these things are told.

Most stories have the same structure.

> Freytag's Pyramid

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 exciting

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/

Resolution

The they-lived-happily-

ever-after-stage

!not always happy ending!

Freytag's Pyramid

Can you fill in Freytag's pyramid for Kitbull? 

Homework

Apply the freytag pyramid to a fairy tale