Need help from English majors/writers about the 5 parts of story telling, exposition to denoument. Help me.
Hope I spelt all that correctly. Not a smart man here, never went to college. Helping my kid understand how to write a story for English composition and need help.
When I was a kid in highschool freshman English, I recall learning that there were 5 (maybe 4) definite parts to story telling.
I think it began with exposition, the middle 3 part names I can't recall, and I THINK the end was denouement, but maybe that was #4 and maybe conclusion was the end.
Can you men/women who went to college help me remember these 4-5 parts of story composition so I can help my kid. My thanks in advance.
48 Dad, 7th grader kid
Deneument is the end, climax is the height of the story (not necessarily the middle in terms of length but the peek point of the drama, you are right, it starts with exposition, then rising action, the climax, falling action, then deneument or the end.
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Freytag's 5 part structure is a way to represent what comes natural when telling a story. You need to have an introduction and then have stuff happen that leads up to the big thing that makes the story worthwhile. After that, more stuff happens and then there's a conclusion. The end.
Introduce your son to the avant garde. Free him from the suffocating cliches of bourgeois literature.
I'm going to have to bump this now and get back to it tomorrow. I''m up only to take a piss right now, left the computer on knowing someone would answer me. Thanks gay/straight men/women. I KNEW I was close to the answer and you provided it to me.
One last question: I see there are several spellings for what I would spell as "denouement". Which would be the correct spelling as I'd like my kid to know it.
Again, thank you. I've commented before on threads but have never created one. You guys and gals did a great job. I'm behind you 100%
Damn R4, that is spectacular buddy/ lady, thank you!
You don't know the 5 parts? You have all the intellect of a third grader! You're a goddamned stupid idiot!
You know what? I'll bet your son's teacher also has a rule about where to write his name.
I'd tell him to write a story the same way he'd tell it aloud.
Tell him that the most important thing is to really grab the reader's attention - IN THE FIRST 100 WORDS.
I suppose he ought to learn about structure, because this is schoolwork after all, but really, getting the reader genuinely interested is important. If he can write a good opening paragraph, the teacher may forgive the rest.