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Melanie Goings
Woodruff Middle School
Elements of Literature
• Plot
• Conflict
• Setting
• Character
• Point of View
• Theme
What is Plot?
• Plot is the sequence of events within
a literary work.
• The plot of a literary work can be
divided into five distinct sections
that can even be graphed on a
diagram.
A Closer Look at Plot:
What are the Five Divisions of Plot?
• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Resolution
What Drive the Plot
Within a Literary Work?
• Conflict
– The struggle
between opposing
forces
• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Himself
• Man vs. Society
• Man vs. Nature
What Type of Conflict Does
this Picture Represent?
Answer…