Question

Freytag’s Pyramid shows ____________.

Answer 1

Freytag’s Pyramid shows the main sections of a plot.

Freytag's Pyramid is a diagram that presents the structure of the plot of a literary work.  It was developed by Gustav Freytag, a German novelist, in 1863 mainly to deal with the structure of tragedy. Freytag's Pyramid is based on the plot structure introduced by Aristotle; however, Freytag made some changes to this structure since he added the rising action and the falling action. In that way, Freytag's Pyramid shows the five sections of a plot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

Answer 2

Under Freytag's pyramid, the plot of a story consists of five parts: exposition (originally called introduction), rising action (rise), climax, falling action (return or fall), and dénouement/resolution/revelation/catastrophe. So our best bet would be A , because it shows more than the plot and it does not show how to analyze.