Freytag Pyramid

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Plot

Plot is what happens in a story and how these things are told.

Most stories have the same structure.

> Freytag's Pyramid

Freytag's Pyramid

Exposition

> the start of the story

> the protagonist is introduced

> the (main/first) setting is described

> something happens

Rising Action

> events unfold

> things happen

> more problems

> more exciting

Climax

> most exciting

> problems at max

> can't stop reading/ playing/watching

Falling Action

> main problem is solved

> other (minor) problems are resolved

> questions are answered

Denouement/ 

Resolution

The they-lived-happily-

ever-after-stage

Grammar

PRESENT PERFECT:
the present perfect is used?

1. She had been working until late.
2. She have been working until late.
3. She has worked until late.
4. She has been working until late.

Choose the right verb: past simple or past perfect.

After they had eaten the fish, ___ .

1. they had felt
2. they felt

Adverbial or adverb
We do not use an adverb in combination with....

1. Is, seem, sing
2. taste, sound, feel
3. are, work, play
4. is, feel, well

Adverbial or adverb
They work very .......

1. hard
2. hardly
3. hardily

Past simple or Past perfect?
Mary won the lottery last year.

1. Past simple
2. Past perfect

past simple or past perfect?
Mrs Corrigan had never eaten a pizza until 1972

1. Past simple
2. Past Perfect

A phrasal verb is

1. verb + word groups belonging together
2. expressions
3. a clause
4. a short sentence

Which is a phrasal verb?

1. have fun
2. step down
3. go out with
4. none of these

Fill in the correct phrasal verb:
I will ____ a list with people who would like to join us.

1. build up
2. call on
3. draw up
4. bring up

Irregular verbs

1. He (buy) a new computer last week. …………………………………………………………….

2. Last Saturday they (fly) to London. ………………………………………………………………

 ………………………………………………

4. When he was 24, he (become) a teacher. …………………………………………………….

5. They (build) this bridge in 1960. …………………………………………………………………..

6. Yesterday I (find) a watch. 

buy and fly
past tense

Maze runner (describe the words below)

- Amazed 

- Gathering 

 Claustrophobia

Describe the word:
Claustrophobia

Describe the word:
amazed

Wasp Reporter Describe the words

The ins and outs of the story

The wind picked up

ins and outs

picked up

Homework

Apply the freytag pyramid to a fairy tale

assignment is in classroom

Self-study

- Quizlet  (classroom)

- past simple/continuous LINK

- past simple/ present perfect LINK

- past perfect LINK

- passive (links in this LessonUp)

- read your book