CLIP 744
Story structure
Key Info
- Title: Story structure
- Duration: 01:04
- Description: A voice over with a graphic exemplifies how stories can follow a typical structure of opening, complication, crisis and resolution. It provides some detail e.g. the opening establishes the narrative voice and introduces the main characters, but does not provide examples.
- Subject: English Topic: Writing Narrative Fiction
- Keywords: Narrative, narrative voice, opening, complication, crisis, resolution, structure
Ideas for use in class
- Having read a selection of short stories, ask pupils to identify the opening, the complication, the crisis and resolution. This could be done through storyboarding. Create a wall display where these four staging posts are underinned with key examples. Then ask them to plan their own short story using this format.
Background details
- Clip language : English
- Aspect ratio : 4x3
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