Purpose /

Phenonmenon
What is the story line of
your myth all about? Exposition
This tells the audience where and when it
Conflict happened (usually long ago), who the main
characters are and the natural phenomenon
This is the part of the story where there it is about, e.g. the moon, the stars, a tree,
is a problem. There is a sequence of an animal, land…
events that explains how or why
something came about.
Rising Action
What do your characters do to try
Climax and solve the problem? Is there a
journey they have to go on? Or an
The pivotal moment at the top of the story
object they need to collect?
arc. Is there a battle the main character
has to face? Are they able to reach their
goal or do they fail?
Falling Action
Resolution Downward slope towards the resolution. Are
there consequences of a battle being won or
This is the end of the story, when the
lost? Does the main character need to clean up
conflict is sorted out and the subject of
a mess or tidy loose ends? Do they have to
the myth is changed in some way. Has the
complete the journey home after travelling
main character learnt something along the
earlier in the story?
way?