Freytag’s pyramid 1. Relying on Freytag’s pyramid (p. 851), outline the plot structure of Glaspell’s “Trifles,” and Ives’ “The Blizzard.” 2. What are the clues that lead the women in “Trifles” to discover the murder and its motive? 3. Why do the men fail to see the clues that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover? […]
Identify three pieces of important information we learn in the exposition, three plot points for the rising action, the climax, two plot points for the falling action, and the two pieces of information for the conclusion.
After reviewing pages 75-83 in the Norton (which cover plot) and “The Grasshopper & the Bell Cricket” on 456-8, complete the Plot Diagram handout (linked above). Map out the plot of the short story by identifying the elements of the story that correspond to the Freytag’s Pyramid labels on the handout. You can legibly handwrite […]