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    Suspense and

    Mystery Plot
    Suspense
    a feeling of uncertainty regarding the action
    or outcome of a story,
    designed to keep the reader’s interest
    Suspense
    in a suspense story, the reader is
    aware of things unknown to the
    protagonist.
    Mystery
    mysterium
    = a secret thing
    Mystery
    a genre of literature whose stories are focused
    on a mysterious crime, situation or
    circumstance that needs to be solved
    Mystery
    In a mystery, the reader is exposed to
    the same information as the
    detective
    Conflict
    conflict is a literary element that involves
    a struggle between two opposing forces, 
    Conflict
    Conflict is the primary problem that the characters in a
    story face. It is the driving force in any story, as it
    influences the turn of events in the plot. 
    External Conflict
    clash of actions, ideas, wills, or forces
    between the protagonist and antagonist or
    an inanimate force
    Man vs. Man
    The hero of the story is in
    conflict with a single antagonist
    Man vs. Man
    The hero of the story is in
    conflict with a single antagonist
    Man vs. Nature
     a character or group of characters against
    natural forces, such as storms or animals
    Man vs. Nature
     a character or group of characters against
    natural forces, such as storms or animals
    Man vs. Society
    Stories that pit man against society are usually
    about a corrupt or unjust legal system, culture
    or other entity.
    Stories that pit man against society are usually
    about a corrupt or unjust legal system, culture
    or other entity.
    Internal Conflict

    a struggle within the mind, will, or


    emotions of a character
    Parts of a Plot
    What are the parts of a plot?

    I. Beginning
    A. Exposition
    II. Middle
    A. Rising Action
    III. End
    Climax
    Falling Action
    Resolution
    1. Beginning
    Exposition
    background information,
    characters,
    situation,
    introduction to conflict
    Exposition
    • When we meet the narrator and the old man, we discover that the
    narrator is insane, the story takes place in the old man’s house in
    his chamber (bedroom) over the course of 8 nights. The beginning
    conflict is the old man’s eye.
    2. Middle
    Rising Action
    conflict grows heated, plot becomes more
    involved
    Rising Action
    a rising action includes all decisions, characters’ flaws, and
    background circumstances that together create turns and
    twists leading to a climax.
    Rising Action
    • The narrator continuously checks on the old man at midnight for 7 nights.
    On the eighth night, the lantern light lands on the open eye of the old man.
    The narrator becomes enraged. Then the narrator thinks that the neighbors
    will hear the old man’s heart beating (but it is really HIS heart beating)
    3. End
    Climax
    turning point/high point,
    hero makes a decision/ chooses an action
    Climax
    The conflict is faced during the main, most
    dramatic event of the story.
    Climax
    The narrator murders the old man by first
    smothering him to death with the big, heavy
    mattress, and then by dismembering the body.
    Falling Action
    moment of revelation
    Falling Action
     occurs right after the climax, when the
    main problem of the story resolves
    The narrator disposes of the body under the floor
    boards in the old man’s chamber (bedroom).
    The 3 police officers arrive. The narrator has
    conversations with the police while sitting on top of
    where the body is. The narrator begins to go insane,
    thinking that the police will hear the old man’s heart
    beating (but it is really HIS heart beating).
    Resolution
    conflicts are resolved, lives straightened
    out or ended, loose ends tied up
    Resolution
    the part of the story's plot where the
    main problem is resolved or worked
    out
    Resolution
    The resolution occurs after the
    falling action and is typically where
    the story end
    Resolution
    When the narrator admits to killing
    the old man.

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