The document discusses the key elements of plot, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. It explains that the plot is the sequence of arranged events in a story that has a beginning, middle, and end. It also defines the main parts of a plot as the exposition where the characters and setting are revealed, the rising action where complications and conflict emerge, the climax as the turning point, the falling action where events start to resolve, and the resolution where all conflicts are ultimately resolved and the story concludes.

1. THE PLOT AND ITS PARTS

2. PLOT
The plot is how the author arranges
events to develop his basic idea; It
is the sequence of events in a story.
The plot is a planned, logical series
of events having a beginning,
middle, and end. The short story
usually has one plot so it can be
read in one sitting.

3. PARTS OF A PLOT

4. EXPOSITION
The beginning of the story
where the characters and
the setting is revealed.

5. RISING ACTION
This is where the events in
the story become
complicated and the conflict
in the story is revealed.This
is the place for tension and
excitement.

6. CLIMAX
This is the highest point of
interest and the turning point of
the story. The reader wonders
what will happen next; will the
conflict be resolved or not?
It is the main event or danger that
the character faces.

7. FALLING ACTION
The events and complications
begin to resolve themselves.
The reader knows what has
happened next and if the conflict
was resolved or not.
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8. RESOLUTION
Also often called
denouement, which is French
for "to untie" or "unraveling", is
the final outcome of the story.
Here, the conflicts are resolved,
all loose ends are tied up, and
the story concludes with either a
happy or sad ending.
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