The document analyzes the plot structure of Hans Christian Andersen's short story "The Little Match Girl" through defining the typical elements of a plot: exposition, rising action, climax, denouement, and resolution. It introduces the characters and setting in the exposition. The rising action sees the conflict arise as the little match girl sits hungry and cold between walls on New Year's Eve. The climax occurs when one of her lit matches shows her a warm furnace and food before disappearing. In the denouement, she lights all her remaining matches, and in the resolution she is found dead the next morning.

1. PLOT
Analyzing
the
Hanz Christian Andersen

2. PLOT
A plot is a series of
events and
character’s actions
that relate to the
central conflict.

3. EXPOSITION
The story starts in the
exposition where the
scene is set by
introducing the situation,
setting, characters, etc. It
is also called introduction.

4. EXPOSITION
“The little girl walks in
the cold that eve. Her
feet were bare. She

5. RISING ACTION
In this part, a
conflict starts
to arise.

6. RISING ACTION
“The little match girl sat
between two walls,
hungry and shivering
with cold. She thought of

7. CLIMAX
It is the part of
story with the
most intense
emotion.

8. CLIMAX
“When the girl had scratched the
matchstick in the wall, it burned, giving
her warmth. The girl imagined things like a
warm furnace and food yet all these
disappears when the matchstick was
burnt. Afterwards, she saw her beloved

9. DENOUEMENT
It is also called falling
action. It is the
finishing of things
right after the
climax.

10. DENOUEMENT
“She grabbed all
her matchsticks

11. RESOLUTION
It brings the
story back to
its equilibrium.

12. RESOLUTION
“The girl was seen dead
the next morning of
the New Year. She was

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