8 Exercise 3: Freytag’s Pyramid
Directions
After reading “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, download the attached Freytag’s Pyramid Worksheet. Click into each textbox, list information from the story for each plot element:
- Exposition: List the characters and time period.
- Inciting Incident: Identify the first problem in the story.
- Rising Action: List the events (scenes) that lead up to the climax.
- Climax: Identify the turning point in the story.
- Falling Action: List events that unfold after the climax.
- Denouement (Resolution): Explain how the story ends.
- Theme: Identify the theme of the story.
Click this link: Freytags-Plot-Worksheet