English 281

Questions About Plot

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Questions about plot

These questions can help you thinking about plot—yours or someone else’s.

• What is at stake in this story?
• What is the conflict?
• Where and how is the conflict manifested?
• What is the point of maximum intensity of the conflict?

They don”t always apply, but they often do, and they are always useful.