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Teaching Plot Structure Through Short Stories
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Types of Linear Plots
  • Plots can be told in
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Pyramid Plot Structure
  •    The most basic and traditional form of plot is pyramid-shaped.


  •    This structure has been described in more detail by  Aristotle and by Gustav Freytag.
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Aristotle’s Unified Plot
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Freytag’s Plot Structure
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Modified Plot Structure
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Plot Components
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Conflict
  •    Conflict is the dramatic struggle between two forces in a story.  Without conflict, there is no plot.
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Types of Conflict