Plot and Chronological Order
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Objective
I can analyze how chronological order impacts plot development.
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Warm-up video
The ELA Connection · 6:33
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
A plot is a series of events with conflict, and every good story has a problem that must be solved.
- 2
The basic structure of stories includes a beginning, a middle, and an end.
- 3
According to Freytag's Pyramid, the five parts of a story's structure are: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, falling action, and resolution.
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Practice
3 questions
According to the video, what are the three essential parts of a story's structure?
Explain how the placement of the inciting incident impacts the plot's development.
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Exit ticket
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“Explain how changing the order of the rising action and falling action in a story would affect the plot's development and the reader's experience.”
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