Plot Pyramid
The high point of the story
What is the climax
These details would answer what setting question:
Characters living in a world where they use carriages, ravens deliver mail, and war is waged with swords and bows.
When does the story take place?
The first thing you should know about me is I am my father’s son. And when they came for him, I did as he asked. I did not cry.
What is first person?
She asked, "What does that mean?"
What is speech?
This made the main character in Tell Tale Heart confess his crimes
What is the beating of the old man's heart?
Challenges and events leading up to the high point of the story
What is rising action?
These details would answer what setting question:
There are tall trees growing, a river, and a town nearby.
Where does the story take place?
The nuances of Paul's greeting were not lost on the Reverend Mother. She said: "He's a cautious one, Jessica."
Jessica's hand went to Paul's shoulder, tightened there. For a heartbeat, fear pulsed through her palm. Then she had herself under control. "Thus he has been taught, Your Reverence."
What does she fear? Paul wondered.
The old woman studied Paul in one gestalten flicker: face oval like Jessica's, but strong bones ... hair: the Duke's black-black but with browline of the maternal grandfather who cannot be named, and that thin, disdainful nose; shape of directly staring green eyes: like the old Duke, the paternal grandfather who is dead.
What is third person omniscient?
A knight approaches the dragon's lair to fight it?
What is action?
The reason Zeus punished Prometheus.
What is giving mankind fire?
The part of the story where the characters and setting are first introduced
What is the exposition?
These details would answer what setting question:
There are spaceships, laser guns, and the technology to regrow limbs.
When does the story take place?
You are amongst them, of course. Your curiosity got the better of you, as curiosity is wont to do. You stand in the fading light, the scarf around your neck pulled up against the chilly evening breeze, waiting to see for yourself exactly what kind of circus only opens once the sun sets.
What is second person?
He felt nervous driving on the highway for the first time.
What is thought?
Icarus and Daedalus use these to escape King Minos.
What are wings?
The event that puts character(s) on the path toward the climax of the story
What is the inciting incident?
These details would answer what setting question:
The people in the setting are very secretive, the government spies on the people, and most work in a factory of some kind.
What is the culture/vibe of the setting?
Elena’s hands trembled as she unlocked the front door. She pushed it open, her heart pounding against her ribs. Was someone standing in the dark hallway, or was it just her tired imagination playing tricks on her?
What is third person limited?
The man had a square face, porous yellow skin, and wore brown pants, a red tie, and a white shirt ever day.
What are looks?
The main character in There Will Come Soft Rains.
The end of the story where we find out what things will be like now that the character has faced the ultimate challenge/conflict of the story
What is denouement?
These details would answer what setting question:
Every year the people in this setting have a festival, they use the moon to keep track of time, and many believe ghosts visit them at night.
What is the culture/vibe?
My mom and I went to the store. I bought some groceries. Afterwards, I met up with my friends. We all went to the park to play baseball. They were very excited about it.
What is first person?
He made everyone around him laugh with his sense of humor.
What are effects on others?
There were this many people living in the house in There Will Come Soft Rains.
What is 4?