Play Plot Structure

Question 1

Act 1

Answer 1

Exposition- introduces some of the main characters, setting, background, and main conflict

Question 2

Act ll

Answer 2

Complications/ Rising Actions- a series of complications, the main characters take action to solve problems

Question 3

Act lll

Answer 3

Turning Point/ Crisis- main characters make a choice that determines the direction of the action. Upward is a comedy, downward is a tragedy.
The crisis is the dramatic and tense moment when the forces of conflict come together

Question 4

Act lV

Answer 4

Falling actions- events that are the result of the crisis, deeper into disaster, falling straight into tragedy

Question 5

Act V

Answer 5

Resolution- The greatest climax occurs at the end of the play, main characters die, all loose ends are tied up

Question 6

Tragedy

Answer 6

A narrative about serious and important actions that end unhappily