Unit # 1 The Plot

LITERARY ANALYSIS
B.A. Claudia Beatriz Villalobos Zaldaña
crivera@ugb.edu.sv

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal
longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alliteration:
The repetition of first consonants
in a group of words as in “Peter
Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled
Peppers.”
Antagonist:
A major character who opposes
the protagonist in a story or play.
Archetype:
A character who represents a
certain type of person. For
example, Daniel Boone is an
archetype of the early American
frontiersman.
Parody:
A humorous, exaggerated
imitation of another work.
 What is a “Plot”

Plot is a literary term used to describe the events

that make up a story, or the main part of a story.
These events relate to each other in a pattern or a
sequence. Plot is known as the foundation of a novel
or story, around which the characters and settings
are built. It is meant to organize information and
events in a logical manner.
 PRIMARY ELEMENTS OF THE PLOT

Climax

Rising Falling
Action Action
Resolutio
Exposition
n
 Exposition

This is the beginning of the story,

where characters and setting are
established. The conflict or main
problem is introduced as well.
 Rising Action

Rising action which occurs when a series of

events build up to the conflict. The main
characters are established by the time the
rising action of a plot occurs, and at the same
time, events begin to get complicated. It is
during this part of a story that excitement,
tension, or crisis is encountered.
 Climax

In the climax, or the main point of the plot,

there is a turning point of the story. This is
meant to be the moment of highest interest
and emotion, leaving the reader wondering
what is going to happen next.
 Falling Action

Falling action, or the winding up of the

story, occurs when events and
complications begin to resolve. The result
of the actions of the main characters are
put forward.
 Resolution

Resolution, or the conclusion, is the

end of a story, which may occur with
either a happy or a tragic ending.
 PLOT
DIAGRAM

A plot diagram is a graphical

representation of the plot of
the story, it is a line graph of
the story's events
 Check out the
following example.
 Exposition

Three little pigs leave home for the

first time.
 EVENT # 1

Rising Action Pig 1 builds his house.

EVENT # 2 EVENT # 4
EVENT # 3
Big Bad Wolf blows the Big Bad Wolf blows the
Pig 2 builds his house. house down and eats Pig 2
house down and eats Pig 1

EVENT # 5 EVENT # 6 EVENT # 7

Pig 3 builds his house. Big Bad Wolf can´t blow the Wolf tries to trick pig 3 to
brick house down. come out of the house.
 Climax

Wolf gets frustrated and jumps

down the chimney to get Pig 3.
 Falling Action

Wolf falls into boiling pot over fire.

 Resolution

Pig 3 cooks and eat Big Bad Wolf.

 Think of a story
that you know in
class and start
breaking the events
into the elements
we have been
studying.
 Complementary Resources
Resource Link

URL http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/plot-
diagram-30040.html
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpWHZJZQDSE
 ACTIVITY CHART
NAME OF THE
ACTIVITY Plot Diagram

TYPE OF THE
ACTIVITY In pairs

COMPETENCE Analyze European literature and be able to identify literary

devices in English, using both modern and old English.
1. You will read “A Scandal in Bohemia”
2. Identify the new vocabulary (glossary)
INSTRUCTIONS
3. Make a plot diagram using the example in slide 16, based on
any popular short story.

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