Plot templates

Question 1

Overcoming the monster

Answer 1

A plot structure that involves threatening predator: a person or a thing that is abnormal and/or dangerous

Question 2

Rags to riches

Answer 2

A plot structure that focuses on the improvement of a character from a lower or deprived state of being to a more enlighted and wealthy position in society.

Question 3

The quest

Answer 3

Involves a call to a journey with a purpose, some thrilling ordeals and a triumphant end.

Question 4

The voyage and return

Answer 4

Is different from ’the quest’, as the main characters end up in a strange place and must find a way home

Question 5

The comedy

Answer 5

A classical term for works whose purpose is to make us laugh about the nature of life

Question 6

The tragedy

Answer 6

Is a classical term, to describe works that show how life can be sad and apparently unjust

Question 7

Rebirth

Answer 7

A kind of story where the main character goes through a change and discovers a truth by which to live a more fruitful life