Spider-Verse Story Structure and Conflict

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Part 1: Story Structure Map

Place key events from Miles Morales’s journey into the five stages. Use a short film event and add evidence where you can.

1. Exposition – The story introduces Miles, his family, school and two different worlds.

Key event or evidence: ________________________________________________

2. Inciting incident – The event that disrupts Miles’s ordinary life: the spider bite and __________________________.

What changes for Miles? ______________________________________________

3. Rising action – Complications, dangers and choices build. Include one event such as meeting the other Spider-People, learning his powers, or facing Kingpin.

4. Climax – A major turning point. One possible event is Miles’s leap from the skyscraper. Do you agree, or would you choose the final battle?

5. Resolution – What happens after the conflict? Explain one change in Miles or his world.

Part 2: Conflict and Film Evidence

Internal conflict happens inside a character’s thoughts or feelings. External conflict is a struggle against another character, force or situation.

6. Internal conflict: Miles experiences fear, self-doubt, grief or uncertainty about becoming Spider-Man.

His internal conflict is ________________________________________________

This is shown when Miles ______________________________________________

7. External conflict: Miles faces threats such as Kingpin, the collider and the collapse of the dimensions.

His external conflict is ________________________________________________

Film evidence: _______________________________________________________

Sentence starters: “The internal conflict is…” “The external conflict is…” “This event changes Miles’s actions by…”

Vocabulary bank: exposition • inciting incident • rising action • climax • resolution • turning point • internal conflict • external conflict • evidence