Plot: is a literary technique; it is the rendering and ordering of the events and actions of a story, particularly towards the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect. Events that make up a story
The plot may follow that sequential, or chronological order, or, for artistic effect, it may relate the actions in a different order.
Main Elements of a plot
Exposition: background information a reader must understand in order to know what is going on in the story
Conflict: complication or problem the main character(s) must deal with; it gets the action moving
Rising Action: events (and more conflicts) that occur when the main character tackles the problem; level of excitement and suspense builds
Climax: the main character comes face to face with the problem; most exciting part of the story
Falling Action: things begin to get back to normal; life goes on (even if the problem isn't solved)
Denoument (Resolve): loose ends are tied off; allows reader to clearly understand what happened
The video above, focuses on elements of plot. It has other elemenst not mentioned above. It gives examples and even shows four different kinds of conflict. The video also provides a Plot structure.
A way to remember different plots, is the Hiker's Dilemma. Picture a mountain and two hikers. They have just made a bet saying who ever reaches the top of the mountain first and gets back to the bottom wins fifty bucks. They each start on different path. Now the hikers time getting to the top is the rising action. On the way up they may trip over rocks, meet creatures, who knows. When one of the hikers gets to the top he sees the other got to the top as well. This is the climax. The problem now is who ever gets to the bottom first wins. They both stare at each then race off. The falling action will be them racing down the moutain. Then finally the resolution a hiker wins and gets fifty bucks. That's a way I remember plot.
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