Plot Elements

Plot Elements

​Major Character

• ​Is in the whole book

• Is important to the plot

• Their actions, words, and thoughts are in the book​

​Minor Characters

• If removed wouldn't change the story​

• ​Interacts with or affects the major character

​Setting

• ​When did it happen?

• ​Where does it take place?

​Conflict

• ​The problem or struggle in the story

• ​Without conflict there is no PLOT

Rising Action​

• ​This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s)

• ​Leading up to the climax

​Climax

• The turning point in the story​ where the conflict reaches its peak

• ​The most exciting part of the story

• ​The major character usually has to make an important decision

​Falling Action

• ​The events that lead to the resolution or end of story

• ​This is when the characters work to solve the problem or conflict

​Resolution

• The end of the story when the conflict or problem is solved.

Multiple Choice

What is a MAJOR character in a book?

• Characters who are central to the plot and story conflicts.

• Characters which have a lesser role and only help move the plot forward.

Multiple Choice

The problem in a story

• conflict

• resolution

• falling action

• climax

Multiple Choice

Which of the following IS NOT a part of the setting?

• time 

• place 

• social climate

• characters

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between the falling action and resolution?

• The falling action is where the conflict starts to improve, and in the resolution the conflict is getting worse.

• The falling action is where the characters are introduced, and the resolution is where the characters change in some way.

• The falling action is when the character tries to solve the conflict, and the resolution is the end of the story

• The falling action introduces the conflict  and  the resolution ends the conflict.

Multiple Choice

What happens in a story.

• conflict

• plot

• setting

• major character

Multiple Choice

What is a MINOR character in a book?

• Characters who are central to the plot and story conflicts.

• Characters which have a lesser role and only help move the plot forward.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following shows the elements of plot in order?

• climax, rising action, exposition, falling action, resolution

• resolution, rising action, climax, falling action

•  rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

• rising action, falling action, resolution, climax

Multiple Choice

What happens in the falling action?

• You are introduced to the conflict.

• The setting is described in detail. 

• Events begin to calm down after the climax. 

• It is the exact same as the rising action. 

Multiple Choice

What is a conflict in a story?

• The beginning that introduces the characters and setting. 

• A series of events

• story is in chronological order

• a struggle or problem that the main character(s) have to face