The Blind Man and the Hunchback

Learning Competency:
● Recognize complex elements of plot (e.g. conflicts, climax, cause
& effect, resolutions)
● Locate incidents which advance the plot and determine how each
incident gives rise to the next or foreshadows a future event
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Learning Objectives
Define elements of plot e.g. conflicts, climax,
cause & effect, resolutions

Recognize elements of foreshadowing in the text

Located incidents which advance the plot

Determine how each incident gives rise to the next

or foreshadows a future event
 Plot | Definition

What comes to mind

when you hear the word
“PLOT”?
Plot | Definition

- the sequence of events where each affects

the next one through the principle of
cause-and-effect

“A good plot is a good story.”

Plot | Definition

What comprises a
plot?
Concepts in a Plot

Plot Point
- an event or scene in your story
Narrative Arc
- the order of plot points in your
story
Concepts in a Plot

Plot
- the chain of events that make up
your story, or the combination
of your plot points
Elements of a Plot

1. Exposition
- your book’s introduction where you introduce
your characters, establish the setting, and begin to
introduce the primary conflict of your story
Elements of a Plot

2. Rising Action
- normally begins with an inciting incident, or a
moment that sets your story into action. As it
progresses, you’ll have multiple moments of conflict
that escalate and create tension as the story moves
toward the climax
Elements of a Plot

3. Climax
- the peak of tension, plot, and character in
your story
- the moment that your reader has been
waiting for
Elements of a Plot

4. Falling Action
- moving toward a more satisfying conclusion

- where any conflicts that arose as a result of the

climax can start being resolved
Elements of a Plot

5. Resolution/Denouement
- the end of your story where you can tie up the
final loose ends and bring your story to its happy
or tragic ending
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

1. Exposition

We find out how Harry Potter, who is now 11,

ended up at the Dursley’s, where he is beginning to
receive letters from an unknown source.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

2. Rising Action

Harry finally finds out about his past and magical

abilities, then goes to school at Hogwarts. He fights a
troll with Ron to save Hermione, which turns out to
be a distraction set up by Professor Quirrell.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry is recruited to the Quidditch team, where

during a match he is jinxed to fall off his broomstick.
Harry sees Professor Snape fighting with another
teacher, reinforcing his belief that he shouldn’t trust
him. While serving detention, Harry finds out about
Voldemort after Harry is nearly killed.
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3. Climax
Harry, Ron, and Hermione go to stop Snape from
stealing the Sorcerer’s Stone, having to overcome
many obstacles to get there. When Harry gets to the
end, he finds Professor Quirrell, who is hosting
Voldemort’s soul, and keeps them from finding the
Sorcerer’s Stone.
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4. Falling Action

We find out Harry and his friends are OK and

learn that the Sorcerer’s Stone has been destroyed.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

5. Resolution

Harry and his friends win House points for

saving the school, causing Gryffindor to win the
House Cup.
Do You Have to
Follow This Plot
Structure?
Techniques in Writing the Plot

Foreshadowing
- a literary device in which a writer gives an
advance hint of what is to come later in
the story
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Techniques in Writing the Plot

Flashback
- a literary device where there is an
occurrence of a character who remembers
an earlier event that happened before the
current point of the story
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Techniques in Writing the Plot

Cause and Effect

- an action with a reaction. When an event
occurs, its effect impacts the course of the
story, often changing the character or
later events of a story dramatically
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Story Map
Guide Questions

● What are the significant events in the story?

● Who are the primary and secondary characters in
the story?
● What event do you consider the climax of the
story?
● What is the conflict and what solution was done?
● What events have a cause and effect relationship?
Generalization

● What are the different elements

of the plot?
● Which of the elements is the
most important? Why?
● Do you agree that a good plot is a
good story? Why or why not?
Learning Checklist
Define elements of plot e.g. conflicts, climax,
cause & effect, resolutions

Recognize elements of foreshadowing in the text

Locate incidents which advance the plot

Determine how each incident gives rise to the next

or foreshadows a future event