1. Story Elements
The Cat in the Hat

2. WNB What are elements of the plot structure? Give examples of them.
Hint: Rising Action is a part of the plot structure. Can you name any now?

3. A plot structure pyramid

4. The Plot-Structure of a Story
Climax
Falling Action
Theme is determined
Rising Action
Resolution (End)
Exposition (Beginning)
Introduce Problems/ Conflict
Introduce Events
Inciting
Incident
Introduce Characters
Introduce Setting
Point of View

5. Establish point of view There is no story… yet
Exposition
Set the scene
Introduce characters
Establish point of view
There is no story… yet

6. Exposition in The CAT IN THE HAT
Scene set-Inside the house on a rainy day
Characters revealed-Mother, Sally and her Brother
We learn that Mom is going out shopping and does not want the house to be disturbed
Sally and her brother want to play outside but can’t! Because it’s raining.

7. Inciting incident The story starts where the trouble starts
Create conflict
Complicate your protagonist’s life
Protagonist = main character

8. Inciting incident In the cat in the hat
When does the conflict truly begin?
The cat arrives!
It is the origin of the next act, the rising action

9. Rising action
The story builds
Key characters are in focus
Characters are in trouble
Many small challenges leading to the bigger goal

10. Rising action In The cat in the hat
The Cat in the hat has appeared and
begins wrecking havoc
Cat’s great balancing act
Thing one and Thing two arrive
Fish tries to be the voice of reason- ”Cat should not be in the house when mother is not”

11. The moment of greatest tension The point to which all events have led
Climax
The moment of greatest tension
The point to which all events have led
Characters act

12. Climax IN THe CAT IN THE HAT
Thing one and thing two destroy the house
The narrator catches the Thing one and Thing two and sends them on their way, because MOM is on her way HOME!

13. Falling action
Events are a result of the climax
The story nears its end
What is the fallout from
the climax?

14. Falling ACTION IN THE CAT IN THE HAT
• Cat packs up Thing One and Thing Two then leaves. • Cat returns and cleans up the mess saying, “I always pick up all my playthings.”

15. Resolution
The protagonist solves the problem
Characters change
because of the
journey

16. Resolution In the cat in the hat
Mother returns from shopping and asks the children, “Did you have any fun?”
Mom finds a clean house and the kids reflect on the day.

17. How about Now…
What are the five story elements? Name them. Make sure they are in your WNB

18. Setting Place? Time?

19. Characters Protagonist? Antagonist?

20. Conflict Internal: Person v. Self or External: Person v
Conflict Internal: Person v. Self or External: Person v. person Person v. Nature Person v. Society

21. events

22. Climax

23. Resolution

24. The Plot of a Story
House is destroyed and Mom is coming home…
Thing 1 and Thing 2 destroy the house
Cat’s Balancing Act
Cat arrives
Climax
Cat cleans up house
Falling Action
Theme is determined
Resolution (End)
Rising Action
Mom finds a clean house and kids reflect on day
Exposition (Beginning)
Introduce Problems/ Conflict
Introduce Events
Introduce Characters
Introduce Setting
Point of View

25. The Plot of a Story Climax Falling Action Theme is determined
Rising Action
Resolution (End)
Introduce Problems/ Conflict
Introduce Events
Exposition (Beginning)
Introduce Characters
Introduce Setting
Point of View

26. The Plot of a Story

27. Theme
What is the theme? How do we know that?