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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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