Plot Elements

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What graphic organizer best represents a story's plot?

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A mountain.

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What is the rising action in a story's plot?

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Where suspense builds through events that develop the conflict.

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What is it called when a character breaks the rules, customs, or beliefs of a group?

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Man vs. Society.

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What is the message a reader understands when the plot ends?

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Theme.

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What is the ending called when the major conflict has been reasonably wrapped up?

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Resolution.

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What are the main elements of a plot?

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Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

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What is the exposition in a story?

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The beginning part that introduces characters and setting.

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What is the climax of a story?

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The turning point where the main conflict reaches its peak.

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What is falling action in a plot?

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Events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution.

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What is a conflict in a story?

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A struggle between opposing forces.