GCSE Literature: An Inspector Calls | Tension Graph

Tension graph for An Inspector Calls: students put 14 jumbled plot moments in order, then plot each one on a blank graph of dramatic tension across Acts One, Two and Three.
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Updated Oct 19, 2026

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Literature, English
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This worksheet pairs with An Inspector Calls.

Students will complete the tension graph by placing each of the jumbled up statements onto the chart where they think its most appropriate.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Sequence key plot moments from An Inspector Calls in chronological order

  • Judge how dramatic tension rises and falls across the play's three acts

Teaching tips

  • Students need to have read the whole play, since the statements run from the Inspector's arrival to the discovery that no such Inspector exists.

Skills covered

  • Plot sequencing — numbering statements such as the interrogation of Mrs Birling in the order they happen

  • Analysing dramatic structure — placing each moment on the graph by its level of tension

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Core concepts

  • Dramatic tension

  • Plot structure

  • Three-act structure

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