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Decoding Freytag's Pyramid: Analyzing Fiction Structure

Explore the six stages of Freytag's Pyramid - from Exposition to Resolution - and how they shape the structure of literary works. Understand the central conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution in various forms of fiction. Discover the key elements that build suspense, character development, and plot resolution.

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Decoding Freytag's Pyramid: Analyzing Fiction Structure

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  1. Plot Structure

  2. Freytag's Pyramid • Plot • The sequence of events in a literary work • 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.

  3. The pyramid is made up of six steps.

  4. Stage 1 • Exposition • the introductory material, which sets the tone for the story. Establishes the setting, introduces the characters, and provides necessary context for understanding.

  5. Stage 2 • Inciting Moment • The central conflict is introduced; leads to the rising action in a work of fiction.

  6. Stage 3 • Rising Action • the part of story where the conflict intensifies. After the inciting moment, the story gains momentum.

  7. Stage 4 • Climax • the turning point in the action and the highest point of suspense; also when the rising action reverses and becomes the falling action.

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

  9. Stage 6 • Resolution • The solution of the conflict; the resolving of any misunderstandings in the plot, such as the exposure of a villain, clearing up a mistaken identity, reuniting characters, etc. • The resolution is not always a happy ending. Sometimes called “denouement”, or the “untying of the knot.”

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