 DO NOT TALK IF YOU ARE NOT ASK TO

TALK.
 RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING, DO NOT ANSWER IN CHORUS.
 DO NOT USE YOUR PHONES DURING OUR
DISCUSSION.
 WHEN SOMEONE IS TALKING, YOU
LISTEN.
 PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN CLASS
DISCUSSIONS.
 Activity
“PLACE ME WHERE I
BELONG”
Plot and Characterization
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

A. Define plot and characterization as

elements of Creative Nonfiction.
B. Acknowledge the importance of
plot and characterization in Creative
Nonfiction; and
C. Analyze a sample text, and identify
the details being asked according to
Freytag’s Pyramid Plot
 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. As a student, why do you think it is important to
know what are the plot of a certain story or even a
movie?
2. How does a character’s design reflect his or her
personality and traits?
3. What trait would you like to possess to become
responsive to the signs of the times?
4. How does a character’s backstory impact his or her
actions?
5. If you had to define what makes for a great character
in a book, what elements would you consider
essential?
6. How will you become an agent of transformation as
your character as a student? Knowing your own
traits.
 Review of Plot
● What is plot?
○ Sequence of related events that make a story
hang together.
■ Includes characters who experience some
conflict or problem.
■ Details are filled in before, during and after
the problem takes place.
■ The story takes place within a specific span
of time.
● A plot has five basic parts:
○ Exposition
○ Rising Action
○ Climax
○ Falling Action
○ Resolution (Denouement)
Freytag’s Analysis
 Plot Structure
• Exposition
-Beginning of a story
-Characters: Protagonist, Antagonist
-Setting
-Conflict: External and/or Internal
• Rising Action
-Events leading up to the climax
• Climax
-Peak of rising action and conflict
-High point
-Turning point to mark a change
 Plot Structure
• Falling Action
-Events after the climax
-Includes effects of the climax on characters
• Denouement/Resolution
-Conflict is resolved
-End of the falling action and conclusion
-Usually a release of dramatic tension and
anxiety (catharsis – “cleansing”)
 Direct Characterizations

Narrator explicitly describes a

character.

Ex: Tom struggled in school but tried hard.

Pam was lazy but learned really quickly.

Explicit: Clearly stated.

 Characterization
• How the writer reveals the personality
of a character
-Direct characterization
• Direct characterization tells the
audience
• “The patient boy and quiet girl were
both well mannered and minded their
father.”
 Characterization

Indirect characterization: shows things that

reveal the personality of a character
S.T.E.A.L:
Speech: What does the character say?
Thoughts: What is revealed?
Effect: On others toward the character
Actions: How does the character behave?
Looks: What does the character look like?
 Types of Characters
Protagonist
-Central character
Antagonist
-Directly opposes protagonist
Dynamic:
-changes throughout the plot of a story
-May be sudden but expected based on
the story’s events
Static
-little changes if any, stagnant
 Types of characters
Round character
– complex personalities; has
variety of traits
Flat character
– relatively uncomplicated;
one-dimensional
PROTAGONIST

ROMEO AND JULIET

PROTAGONIST

HARRY POTTER
PROTAGONIST

SPIDERMAN
ANTAGONIST

GOBLIN
 ANTAGONIST

LORD VOLDEMORT
ROUND CHARACTER

ARIEL
 GROUP ACTIVITY
   
 
Gregarious
The character trait   
   
The definition   One who is friendly, sociable,
  or likes company.
 
 
 
 
A drawing showing how the
character trait could be implied or
indirectly linked to a character
   
 
A ______ character might… A gregarious character
Description of how the character might shake hands with
trait could be shown. new people they meet.
 FILLING IN THE STORY CHART
(FREYTAG’S PLOT DIAGRAM)!

• Identify the protagonist and the

antagonist.
• Map out the plot structure using
Freytag’s analysis.