Plot “What happens?”

So what is plot anyways? Plot is what happens in a story It consists of a series of related episodes, one growing out of another

Every plot has five parts… Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action begins Rising Action: the events coming out of the problem or conflict in the story that leads to the climax Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment in the story Falling Action: all of the action events which follow the climax Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads. The solution to the problem!

Exposition The first part of a plot tells us about a story’s basic situation Who are the characters and what do they want? This is also where we usually find out about the conflict in a story

Conflict Conflict is the struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no plot.

Types of Conflict Character vs. Another person Character vs. Force of nature Character vs. Group of people External Conflict Internal Conflict The character is struggling with something inside.

Plot Diagram Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action begins Rising Action: the events coming out of the problem or conflict in the story that leads to the climax

Rising Action In the second part of a plot, one or more of the characters act to resolve the conflict (or problem). The actions these characters take are called the “rising action” of a plot. There are usually quite a few rising action events that lead to a climax. ALL of these are considered rising action.

Climax The climax can be hard to find in a story It is the turning point of any story - the point of no return that changes everything after that point for the characters This is where the conflict is decided one way or another You’ll begin to know who is going to win or what the outcome is going to be

What the climax is NOT A climax is NOT always: Just the most exciting moment in a story The most emotional moment The most suspenseful moment

Plot Diagram Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action begins Rising Action: the events coming out of the problem or conflict in the story that leads to the climax Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment in the story Falling Action: all of the action events which follow the climax

Falling Action The falling action is similar to the rising action of a plot. Instead of being the events that lead up to a climax, the falling action events lead to the resolution. It is called the falling action because after the climax, the story’s excitement winds down.

Plot Diagram Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action begins Rising Action: the events coming out of the problem or conflict in the story that leads to the climax Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment in the story Falling Action: all of the action events which follow the climax Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads. The solution to the problem!

Resolution The resolution is simply the ending of the story. This is the part of the story where all the loose ends are tied up and the story is closed.

An important thing to remember… When you are determining the exposition, climax, and resolution of a plot, you need to make sure they are all interconnected and related to each other. The climax needs to be affected by the conflict and needs to affect the resolution. The resolution needs to be related to the conflict and the climax. The exposition needs to cause the climax and the resulting resolution.

Principles of Design And your assignment, too

Principles of graphic design Hierarchy Is it clear what you want to viewer to look at first, second, third, etc? Scale Have you used dramatic scale changes? Efficiency Is there too much information to communicate your idea?

Principles of graphic design Visual Impact Is your design compelling? Does it draw the viewer in? Does it make them say, “wow” “cool” “gee whiz” “super-mega dope”? Intellectual curiosity Does your design promote interest and good questions by the viewer? “hmmmm what is this about…”

The design process 1. Address the issue: know what ideas you want to get across, before you start designing. “Troy was trapped in the past.” “Hamlet was a moron.” “Hamlet was about the idiocy of revenge” 2. Ideas Incubation Brainstorm sketch get messy

The design process 3. Share ideas review sketches with others: If they say, “Huh?” it might be time to get back to the drawing board let them ask questions 4. Choose the best solution Review design principles Choose materials

War is not good for people and other living things

Your Assignment: You will create one large poster. This poster will be divided into two parts. On one half will be 1. your two poems. Use an interesting font. 2. An image that represents your character 3. a quote from the book.

The other half of your poster will be a Book Cover Poster Must include a significant quote must include a visual that encapsulates one of the story’s themes or something major about a character Must follow the principles of design Must include author and title Must include an image of a fence