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The document outlines the typical elements of plot in a story, using the fairy tale Cinderella as an example. It introduces the elements: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and moral. The exposition establishes the characters of Cinderella and her evil stepfamily and the setting of a faraway land long ago. The rising action shows Cinderella facing the crisis of not being allowed to attend the royal ball. The climax is when Cinderella tries on the glass slipper. The falling action and resolution have Prince Charming identify Cinderella as his bride and she goes to live with him in the castle, tying up the loose ends.

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Elementsofplot

The document outlines the typical elements of plot in a story, using the fairy tale Cinderella as an example. It introduces the elements: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and moral. The exposition establishes the characters of Cinderella and her evil stepfamily and the setting of a faraway land long ago. The rising action shows Cinderella facing the crisis of not being allowed to attend the royal ball. The climax is when Cinderella tries on the glass slipper. The falling action and resolution have Prince Charming identify Cinderella as his bride and she goes to live with him in the castle, tying up the loose ends.

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Elements of Plot

- Cinderella
By Asma Z
9A
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1. Exposition Beginnin
2. Setting of the g of
story Story
3. Rising action
4. Climax Middle of
5. Falling action Story
6. Resolution End of
7. Moral Story
~ Point of highest emotion / tension
~ turning point

Clima
x Resolution of
character’s crisis

Exposition 1 or more Resolution &


characters Moral
Introduces: in crisis
All loose
~ characters ends tied
~ setting up.
Once upon a time, in a land far away,
there lived a girl named Cinderella.
She lived with her evil step-mother
and two evil step-sisters.

Exposition
Introduced:
~ characters – Cinderella, step-mother, and step-
sisters
~ setting – (time) long ago, (place) land far away
Everyday, the evil step-mother made Cinderella
work all day long and into the night.
One day , an invitation to a ball was sent to all the
young maidens of the
kingdom, but the evil step-mother would not allow
Cinderella to go to the ball and locked
her in her room.
Cinderella thought all hope was lost until her fairy
godmother appeared.
Dressed in a beautiful gown and glass slippers,
Cinderella rushed off to attend the ball.

1 or more
characters face a
crisis. RISING ACTION
As the clock struck 12, Cinderella ran away as fast as
she
could. Although Prince Charming looked for her, all he
found was a glass slipper.

The plot thickens…


~ Point of highest emotion
or tension …
~ Turning point
Climax

Cinderella held her breath as Prince Charming gently


slipped the glass slipper onto her foot. Prince Charming
took Cinderella by the hand and made her his bride.
Resolution of
character’s
crisis

Cinderella went to live with Prince Charming in the


beautiful castle on the hill.
Cinderella and Prince Charming lived happily ever after.

Moral:
Kindness and
Forgiveness
towards ALL

Resolution

All loose ends tied up.


THANK
YOU

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