Planning Your Narrative
Introduction: Exposition (here you establish characters, setting, and conflict)
Characters:
Setting:
Conflict:
First body paragraph: Rising Action (what seem like small actions occur – these small actions
lead to the main conflict (also called plot development))
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Second body paragraph: Climax (this is the main conflict and the height of the action)
Third body paragraph: Falling Action (this is what happens because of the climax)
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Conclusion: Resolution (this is where you explain or show what you or the main character
learned or how you or the main character have/has grown from this experience)