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Literary Plot Structure

Literary Plot Structure. AKA…The Plot Triangle. Structure Terms. Beginning-Middle-End Setup-Confrontation-Resolution Tension over time with a solution Setting-Conflict-Turning Point-Denouement. Conflict Internal and External. Man v. Man. Man v. Self. Man v. Nature. Man v. Society.

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Literary Plot Structure

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  1. Literary Plot Structure AKA…The Plot Triangle

  2. Structure Terms • Beginning-Middle-End • Setup-Confrontation-Resolution • Tension over time with a solution • Setting-Conflict-Turning Point-Denouement

  3. ConflictInternal and External

  4. Man v. Man

  5. Man v. Self

  6. Man v. Nature

  7. Man v. Society

  8. Man v. Fate

  9. AQWF Opening • Setting • Characters • Environment • Relationships

  10. AQWF Crises • Conflicts

  11. AQWF Turning Pt = Climax • ??????? • The moment when things will NEVER be the same

  12. AQWF Denouement=Resolution • The major loose ends of a story are wrapped up / there is closure of the “big picture”

  13. Analysis of Plot Triangle = Theme • War destroys everyone involved (Total War) • War creates strong bonds between those who endure it • Power corrupts one’s character • Youth is fragile **Notice how theme is a statement of lessons learned NOT a single word—that is motif

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