Plot Development Map
Exposition Rising Action (Climax) Turning Point/Shift Resolution
Who are the main characters? What events are leading to What is changing (about the After the climax, how are
What character traits do they conflict? conflict or the characters)? loose ends are being tied
have? How do the characters Who wins the conflict? up?
What kind of place(setting) is interact based on their How is the conflict resolved? How are the characters
this? character traits? How did the character traits of affected by the change?
How is setting impacting the What is the impact of the the main characters influence How will life go on (or not)?
rising action? setting on the characters, plot, the resolution of the conflict? What theme is the reader
and conflict? left with?
What is the Conflict?
How do the character’s deal
with the Conflict?
What is the message (THEME) of this story? What does the author want the Reader to learn from the text?