Plot Pyramid
Literary Elements
Geri's Game
Conflict
100

The results of the climax

Falling Actions

100

The organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story.

Plot

100

The protagonist of Geri's Game

Geri "Glasses"

100

A struggle between two or more forces

Conflict

200

The moment when all loose ends are tied up.

Resolution

200

The time and place where the story occurs.

Setting

200

The antagonist of Geri's Game

Geri "No Glasses"

200

The type of conflict that is a battle between two people.

Person vs. Person

300

A series of conflicts that build toward the point of greatest interest.  The first hurdles in a story or movie.

Rising Actions

300

The main character of a story - the one we “root” for.

Protagonist

300

The climax of Geri's Game is when....

Geri "Glasses" fakes a heart attack and turns the chess board around.

300

The type of conflict that is a battle between a person and themself.

Person vs. Self

400

The turning point of the story.  The moment when there is no turning back.

Climax

400

A character (or thing) that is the source of conflict in a literary work.

Antagonist

400

When Geri "No Glasses" allows Geri "Glasses" time to collect himself, this is identified as a....

Falling Action

400

A battle between a person and the weather.

Person vs. Nature

500

The background information given at the beginning of the story.

Exposition

500

The way in which the author develops the personalities of the characters.

Characterization

500

Geri "No Glasses" continues to take all of Geri "Glasses'" pieces and begins to laugh and taunt.  This is identified as the....

Rising Actions

500

The battle between a person's belief and a group of others' beliefs.

Person vs. Society