Introduce short story elements with this Plot Diagram PowerPoint and learn the history behind it. Includes a self-grading Easel Assessment. Aristotle's model, Freytag's Pyramid, and today's visual line graph. Explains what a plot diagram is and how it depicts story elements of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. Many visual graphics and includes two examples of plot map diagrams from popular stories that most students have read. Uses the stories of the Grinch and L