Freytag’s Pyramid

Plot-Each story has a plot.

-The plot is the order of events in a fictional piece of writing.

-Each fictional, story, movie, or text follows the same sequence of events; Freytag’s Pyramid.

Freytag’s Pyramid

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Exposition

A) Exposition: The introduction of the setting, characters, and conflict.

Rising Action

B) Rising Action: Events (usually 3) that lead up to the climax of the story.

ClimaxC) Climax: What we want to know! The highest point of suspense in the story.

Falling Action

D) Falling Action: Ending of the conflict. Events that lead up to the resolution (or dénouement).

Dénouement (Resolution)

E) Resolution: The ending of the story. Events are resolved. A solution.