- to understand how the dramatic arc works
- to use the dramatic arc to write an urban legend
1.
A good story often makes use of this structure:
This is also known as the “dramatic arc”. Here is a more detailed explanation of the dramatic arc:
2.
Let’s read a story to illustrate an example of Dramatic Arc. This story comes in the form of a play…
3.
Let’s make sure that you understood everything and know these words and phrases.
4.
So, here is how we can identify the dramatic arc in this story:
5.
Imagine you are going to write a story about wolves disguised as sheep…
One can display the flow of the story like this:
6.
Can you identify the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
SOLUTION
7.
The explainer video below shows how the dramatic arc works.
Using the Dramatic Arc. (2:40 minutes long)
8.
Read the first Urban Legend again and see if you can break it up into a plot flow-chart, according to the dramatic arch.
Use the flow-chart worksheet provided for this task.
SOLUTION
DRAMATIC ARC…?
If you want more examples of Dramatic Arc flow charts, look at the following examples from A Monster Calls:
9.
Now plan and write your own Urban Legend!
- Use the plot flow-chart for the initial planning.
- Then use the Dramatic Arc Plot Diagram to finalise your planning.
- Use lined paper to write the Urban Legend on. (For this task the Urban Legend must not be longer than one page!)
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You can access useful information in the Year 7 textbook!
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