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The Structure of Plot

Freytag's Pyramid. The Structure of Plot. Freytag's Pyramid. Plot the author’s arrangement of incidents in the story Freytag’s Pyramid a diagram of the structure of a five-act tragedy, given by Gustav Freytag

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The Structure of Plot

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  1. Freytag's Pyramid The Structure of Plot

  2. Freytag's Pyramid • Plot • the author’s arrangement of incidents in the story • Freytag’s Pyramid • a diagram of the structure of a five-act tragedy, given by Gustav Freytag • widely accepted (and sometimes adapted) as a means of analyzing the structure of many kinds of fiction in addition to drama.

  3. The pyramid is made up of seven steps – four phases and three moments from beginning to end.

  4. Stage 1 • Exposition • the introductory material, which often creates the tone. Gives the setting, introduces the characters, and supplies other facts necessary for understanding

  5. Stage 2 • Inciting Moment • the event or force that sets in motion the rising action of a work of fiction. Also called the precipitating incident, exciting force or narrative hook.

  6. Stage 3 • Rising Action • the part of the dramatic action that has to do with the complication of the action. Begins with the inciting moment, gains interest or power as the opposing groups/ideas come into conflict, and proceeds to the climax. It can also be called the complication.

  7. Stage 4 • Climax • the turning point in the action, the crisis at which the rising action reverses and becomes the falling action. Sometimes called the reversal.

  8. Stage 5 • Falling Action • the second half of the dramatic plot. It follows the climax and often exhibits the winding down of the climax.

  9. Stage 6 • Resolution • the end of the falling action and the solution of the conflict. The resolution is not always a happy ending.

  10. Stage 7 • Denouement • involves not only the resolution of the conflict but an explanation of all the secrets and misunderstandings connected with the plot; the tying up of loose ends, exposure of a villain, clearing up a mistaken identity, reuniting characters, etc.

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