Plot Structure Diagram Template
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Plot Structure Diagram
5
(The main event between the protagonist and the antagonist or
the moment for which the reader has been waiting.)
Name ______________________________
6
Date _____________
4
FALLING ACTION
RISING ACTION
(The major events that lead to the resolution.)
(The major events that lead to the turning point.)
Period ______
1
*
CHARACTERS
Protagonist and Main Character(s)
Title
_____________
Author
______________
Antagonist
Genre
2
7
*
*
3
SETTING
RESOLUTION
CONFLICT
(How was the conflict solved?)
(What’s the problem between the
protagonist and the antagonist?)
Time
8
THEME
(The lesson or
message the author
How To Figure Out the Theme
is trying to help us
Place
1.
Actively read the text.
understand.)
2.
Fill out the Plot Structure Diagram
(follow the circled numbers)
3.
Examine the conflict, resolution and
turning points.
4.
Ask yourself, “What is the lesson
the protagonist learned?”
5.
Reword #4 so that it can apply to
*Characters, Setting, Conflict and Mood
anyone who reads the story.
(how the story makes you feel) combine
to create the EXPOSITION which helps
you “get into” the story, novel or movie
from the very beginning.
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