Name: Trần Ngọc Phương Nghi – ENENIU20148

Story Structure – Parts of a Story

Directions: Take a story that you have read or a movie that you have seen and identify the parts of the story.
You may use the story that you read last night or any other.

Title of Work: Princess Diana

1. Exposition:
Characters and the setting

A. Characters: Diana Spencer, Prince Charles, the Royal Family, etc.

B. Setting: England, 1961-1997
Events before the conflict is introduced
- Diana dated Prince Charles.
- Prince Charles proposed Diana Lady Spencer.
- The wedding of the century.

2. Inciting Incident: Diana found out her husband often telephoned his former girlfriend.
What initiates the conflict?

3-4. Rising Action: List some events that occur before the climax.
A. She sometimes would inflict wounds on herself.

B. Their marriage had failed, she felt alone and devastated.

C. Prince Charles went off to the theater when his son had a serious accident.

5. Climax: August 1996, they officially divorced.

The turning point

6-7. Falling Action: List some events that occur after the climax.
A. Diana received over £17 million for the alimony.

B. Diana visited children’s hospitals, travelled to other countries, did charities, etc.

C. Started a romance with a film-maker Dodi Al Fayed.

8. Moment of Final Suspense: ________________________________________________________

Is the character tested a final time? How?
______________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Resolution: August 31st, Princess Diana passed away.

How the story ends.
10. What does the main character learn or how does the main character change during the climax?

After the climax, she became a new person, even almost better. She was beginning to make a new life, although it was
difficult, it was the only way out.