Example Plot Diagram

Exposition/Beginning. A girl named Goldilocks goes for a walk in the woods. She stumbles upon a house and knocks on the door. No one answers so she goes inside.

Rising Action: Inside, she finds 3 bowls of porridge (one hot, one cold and one just right that she eats), three chairs (one big, one small and one just right that she sits in and breaks) and three beds (one hard, one soft and one just right in and falls asleep).

Climax. The three bears come home. They find the empty bowls, the broken chair, and they find Goldilocks sleeping in Baby Bear’s bed!

Falling Action. Goldilocks wakes up to find herself surrounded by bears.

Resolution/End. Goldilocks runs out of the house and out of the forest, never to return again.

Plot diagram

Exposition/Beginning. A girl named Goldilocks goes for a walk in the woods. She stumbles upon a house and knocks on the door. No one answers so she goes inside.

Rising Action: Inside, she finds 3 bowls of porridge (one hot, one cold and one just right that she eats), three chairs (one big, one small and one just right that she sits in and breaks) and three beds (one hard, one soft and one just right in and falls asleep).

Climax. The three bears come home. They find the empty bowls, the broken chair, and they find Goldilocks sleeping in Baby Bear’s bed!

Falling Action. Goldilocks wakes up to find herself surrounded by bears.

Resolution/End. Goldilocks runs out of the house and out of the forest, never to return again.

Plot diagram