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PROJECT

DATE CLIENTDATE NAME

PLOT STRUCTUREWHEN TO END THE STORIES

Levels of tension in the plot

LEVELS OF TENSION IN PLOT

TENSION

TIMECONFLICT

TENSION & SUSPENSE

CLIMAX

RESOLUTION

Analyzing Tension & Suspense

Setting

Lighting

Sound effects

Perspective

Foreshadowing

Conflict

Remember This Story?

Johnny won the car race, bought Laura the ring they got married and lived happily ever after

Complete Resolution

The issue or conflict in the story is resolved

Typical happy ending

Somewhat fantastical

Johnny won the race but Laura got so upset she broke up with him.

Ironic resolution

The expected resolution is reversed

Johnny won the race to buy Laura a ring so they could get married, but now they will not be getting married.

Johnny won the race but Laura realized she wasn’t really bothered about his safety... Or of

The Twist

Similar to ironic resolution

A new fact introduced which resolves the problem

Laura doesn’t really bother about Johnny,

Johnny won the car race, realized this was something he was good at and decided to pursue this opportunity

The Revelation

One of the characters gain a revelation or new awareness of the situation/issue

The main character ‘matures’ and is able to

Johnny couldn’t find a car to race and so still had to find someway to buy a ring for Laura...

Open Resolution

The issue is not resolved or only partially resolved

Sense of realism because happy endings don’t occur in real life.

Analyzing resolutions

Examine the last few paragraphs on the text where it ends - chapters, endings etc.

Compare the last paragraph with the first paragraph. What’s changed?

Application

Cinderella...

Create an ending different from the traditional one

Chose one of the 5 types of endings discussed

Complete the story in 200 words on butcher sheets.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the different

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