Plot Elements

Front

plot

Back

The plan for the story

Front

What term describes the most exciting part of a story?

Back

Climax

Front

resolution

Back

The end of the story where questions are answered and it wraps up

Front

What term describes the part of the story where action builds leading toward the climax?

Back

Rising Action

Front

exposition

Back

The setting up of the characters, setting, and purpose of the story

Front

What term describes the part of the story where action slows down right after the climax?

Back

Falling Action

Front

climax

Back

The biggest and most exciting scene in the story

Front

What term describes the very end of the story?

Back

Resolution

Front

rising action

Back

The slow build up of the story leading to the big exciting climax

Front

What term describes the beginning of the story where readers first meet the characters and begin to understand the setting?

Back

Exposition