Plot Diagrams to Print

For you who are analyzing stories, these plot diagrams will be a great help! A handy of free and printable plot diagrams has been collected in the best quality. The plot diagram itself is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories. The first diagram can be seen in the following image.

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Looking to the plot diagram posted above, it’s pretty clear what it contains. The basic triangle-shaped plot structure, representing the beginning, middle, and end of a story, was described by Aristotle. Gustav Freytag modified Aristotle’s system by adding a rising action and a falling action to the structure. This interactive version of the graphic organizer supports both Aristotle’s and Freytag’s conceptualizations of plot structures. More diagrams are posted as follows.

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As a tool that is commonly used to organize a story into certain segments, plot diagrams allow students to analyze the story thoroughly. Once the parts of the plot diagram are identified, it is easier to analyze the content. A plot diagram also gives a common framework for analyzing and understanding written prose. Not only ease students’ analysis, by plotting simple narrative arcs in three-cell storyboards, or more complicated stories in six-cell boards, teachers can easily assess students’ understanding of important story components. Combined illustrations and text can enliven difficult concepts like “rising action” and “climax”.

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There is also a fillable version of the diagram that you can customize by yourself. All these diagrams are free to be saved, just click on the image to save them! Have a nice day!