1. Plot

2. PLOT Plot- a series of related events; the story itself
This is a plot diagram. What goes where?

3. CONFLICT Conflict – the struggle
External – takes place outside a character
Internal – takes place within a character
Examples?

4. Bare Bones of a Plot
Climax
Complication
Resolution
Exposition

5. Bare Bones ctd. Exposition – beginning of a story
Complication/rising action – the character meets a problem
Climax – the key scene in a story, the most exciting part
Resolution – Struggles are over, problem solved

6. TIMING
Chronological order – the order in which events unfold in real time
Flashback – an interruption in the flow of events that presents an episode from the past
Flash-forward – an interruption that jumps ahead
Foreshadowing – hints or clues that suggest what is coming next

7. Ok, let’s practice.. Let’s map the story of Cinderella
Is this story told in chronological order? Any flashbacks? Flash-forwards? Foreshadowing?