Type I Briefly summarize your favorite film. Be sure to describe characters and conflicts. –1 ½ pages minimum –Must write in complete sentences!

Plot Short Stories General II

Plot Plot: –Sequence of events in a literary work. –Consists of exposition, complication, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Involves both characters and a central conflict.

Parts of Plot Exposition: –The part of the plot that introduces the characters, the setting, and the basic situation. The Exposition is your “background information.” Exposition B. C D E F

Parts of Plot Complication: –Part of the plot directly following exposition –Central conflict is introduced The Complication is the first time we hear of the major conflict that must be resolved. A Complication C D E F

Parts of Plot Rising Action: –All events leading up to the climax The Rising Action can be made of just a few events or can be made of hundreds of events A B Rising Action D E F

Parts of Plot Climax: –The high point of interest or suspense. The Climax is the result of the complication, and rising action The Climax leads to the falling action and resolution. A C B Climax E F

Parts of the Plot Falling Action: –Events leading to the resolution of the central conflict. The Falling Action can contain many events, or it can contain just one event. A B C D Falling Action F

Parts of Plot Resolution: –The end of the central conflict. The Resolution is usually the end of the story. FYI: Events after the resolution are called the denouement. A B C D E Resolution

Plot of Forrest Gump Exposition: –The very beginning of the movie –Forrest is sitting on the park bench… –“If I think real hard, maybe I can remember my first pair of shoes…”

Plot of Forrest Gump Complication: –Meeting Jenny on the bus to school. –“Can’t sit here…”

Plot of Forrest Gump Rising Action: –Jenny and Forrest become the best of friends. –Forrest goes away to college –Forrest goes to war

Plot of Forrest Gump Intensification: –Forrest runs into Jenny at the anti-war demonstration.

Plot of Forrest Gump Climax: –Jenny comes home –“We were like peas and carrots again.”

Plot of Forrest Gump Falling Action: –Jenny leaves again –Forrest runs across the country –Jenny and Forrest reunite –Jenny and Forrest marry

Plot of Forrest Gump Resolution: –Jenny dies