3.3: Exercise 3: Freytag’s Pyramid
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Directions
After reading “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, download the attached Freytag’s Pyramid Worksheet. Click into each textbox, list information from the story for each plot element:
- Exposition: List the characters and time period.
- Inciting Incident: Identify the first problem in the story.
- Rising Action: List the events (scenes) that lead up to the climax.
- Climax: Identify the turning point in the story.
- Falling Action: List events that unfold after the climax.
- Denouement (Resolution): Explain how the story ends.
- Theme: Identify the theme of the story.
Click this link: Freytags-Plot-Worksheet
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- Assignment: Freytag's Pyramid Worksheet. Authored by: Linda Frances Lein, M.F.A. License: CC BY: Attribution
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- Freytag's Pyramid. Authored by: Gustav Freytag. Located at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_structure. License: CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike