Understanding Narrative Stories and Plot Structure

 
Plot Structure
 
 
What is Narrative Text?
 
a NARRATIVE is a STORY
 
Parts of a Narrative Story
 (1 of 2)
 
Character—a person in the story we
learn about through their words,
thoughts and actions
 
Setting—
time and place of story
 
Problem or Conflict—the struggle in
the story
 
Parts of a Narrative Story
 (2 of 2)
Events—the things that take place in the 
story.
Rising Action/Climax/Falling Action
 
Climax—the most intense part of the story,
physically or emotionally
 
Resolution—the conclusion, tying up all the loose
ends, telling how it all ended up
 
Beginning, Middle and End
 
Every story
can be
broken up
into three
parts: the
beginning,
the middle
and the end.
 
Plotting the Story on the Plot Pyramid
 
Once you can determine the beginning,
middle and end of the story as well as the
characters, problem, climax and solution,
you are ready to plot the story on a pyramid
like the one below:
Middle/
Climax
Most intense
part
Beginning/
Exposition
Characters
Setting
Problem
Ending/
Resolution
Was the problem solved?
If yes, how?
Rising Action
Events
Falling Action
Events
 
The Princess and the Pea
         Once upon a time there was
a prince who wanted to marry a
princess; but she would have to
be a real princess. He travelled
all over the world to find one,
but nowhere could he get what
he wanted. There were
princesses enough, but it was
difficult to find out whether they
were real ones. There was
always something about them
that was not as it should be. So
he came home again and was
sad, for he would have liked
very much to have a real
princess.
 
     One evening a terrible storm
came on; there was thunder and
lightning, and the rain poured
down in torrents. Suddenly a
knocking was heard at the city
gate, and the old king went to
open it.
    It was a princess standing out
there in front of the gate. But,
good gracious! what a sight the
rain and the wind had made her
look. The water ran down from
her hair and clothes; it ran down
into the toes of her shoes and
out again at the heels. And yet
she said that she was a real
princess.
 
    "Well, we'll soon find that
out," thought the old
queen. But she said
nothing, went into the bed-
room, took all the bedding
off the bedstead, and laid a
pea on the bottom; then
she took twenty mattresses
and laid them on the pea,
and then twenty eider-
down beds on top of the
mattresses.
 
    On this the princess had to
lie all night. In the morning
she was asked how she
had slept.
    "Oh, very badly!" said
she. "I have scarcely
closed my eyes all night.
Heaven only knows what
was in the bed, but I was
lying on something hard,
so that I am black and blue
all over my body. It's
horrible!"
 
         Now they knew that she was
a real princess because she had
felt the pea right through the
twenty mattresses and the
twenty eider-down beds.
    Nobody but a real princess
could be as sensitive as that.
    So the prince took her for his
wife, for now he knew that he
had a real princess; and the pea
was put in the museum, where it
may still be seen, if no one has
stolen it.
Beginning-
Exposition
A prince in a kingdom
who can’t find a real
princess to become
his wife
Rising Action
Prince searched
for a princess, but
couldn’t find one
A “princess” knocked
on the door in a storm
The Queen invited the
princess to sleep on 20 
mattresses with a pea 
under the bottom one
Climax-Middle
Princess couldn’t sleep because of the pea-
they knew she was a real princess
Falling Action
The prince and princess marry
End-Resolution
The princess is a real
princess-She and the
prince marry and live
happily ever after
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A narrative text is a story composed of various elements such as characters, setting, conflict, events, climax, and resolution. The structure of a narrative story can be dissected into parts like beginning, middle, and end, each serving a specific purpose in storytelling. By plotting the story on a plot pyramid, one can visualize the progression of the events and the resolution of the conflict. Explore the classic tale of "The Princess and the Pea" to see these narrative elements in action.


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  1. Plot Structure

  2. What is Narrative Text? a NARRATIVE is a STORY

  3. Parts of a Narrative Story (1 of 2) Character a person in the story we learn about through their words, thoughts and actions Setting time and place of story Problem or Conflict the struggle in the story

  4. Parts of a Narrative Story (2 of 2) Events the things that take place in the story. Rising Action/Climax/Falling Action Climax the most intense part of the story, physically or emotionally Resolution the conclusion, tying up all the loose ends, telling how it all ended up

  5. Beginning, Middle and End Beginning Middle End Every story can be broken up into three parts: the beginning, the middle and the end. Characters Events in the Rising Action Resolution or Conclusion Setting Climax Problem or Conflict Event(s) in the Falling Action

  6. Plotting the Story on the Plot Pyramid Once you can determine the beginning, middle and end of the story as well as the characters, problem, climax and solution, you are ready to plot the story on a pyramid like the one below:

  7. Middle/ Climax Most intense part Rising Action Events Falling Action Events Beginning/ Exposition Characters Setting Problem Ending/ Resolution Was the problem solved? If yes, how?

  8. The Princess and the Pea Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.

  9. One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess.

  10. "Well, we'll soon find that out," thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed- room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider- down beds on top of the mattresses.

  11. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept. "Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

  12. Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds. Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

  13. Climax-Middle Princess couldn t sleep because of the pea- they knew she was a real princess The Queen invited the princess to sleep on 20 mattresses with a pea under the bottom one Falling Action Rising Action The prince and princess marry A princess knocked on the door in a storm Prince searched for a princess, but couldn t find one End-Resolution Beginning- Exposition The princess is a real princess-She and the prince marry and live happily ever after A prince in a kingdom who can t find a real princess to become his wife

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