Plot, Conflict, Tone, Mood, Suspense, and Foreshadowing

Plot, Conflict, Tone, Mood, Suspense, and Foreshadowing

​Plot Diagram

​1. Exposition

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2. Initiating Event

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​3. Rising Action

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​4. Climax

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​5. Falling Action

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​6. Resolution

Multiple Choice

What are the main events of the story presented in a sequence by the author?

• Conflict
• Mood 
• Plot
• Tone

Multiple Choice

What are the events that lead to the resolution?

• Climax
• Conflict
• Rising Action
• Falling Action

Multiple Choice

The beginning part of the plot with the information about the setting, characters, and the situation is called the _____________.

• Beginning
• Anecdote
• Plot
• Exposition

Multiple Choice

Events in the story that are leading up to the most important part of the story, or events that build action in the story

• Conflict
• Plot
• Rising Action
• Setting

Multiple Choice

What is setting? 

• The time and location in which a story takes place
• A series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict.
• a struggle between two people or things in a short story.
• What you turn on the washer

​Types of Conflict

​Individual vs. S___

Individual vs. I_________

​Individual vs. So_____

​Individual vs. N_____

​Individual vs. T_________

​Individual vs. Su__________

Multiple Choice

What is conflict?

• a struggle between two forces

• The time and location in which a story takes place 
• how the author arranges events to develop his basic idea
• The person in a work of fiction

Multiple Choice

Example of Individual vs Individual 

• Batman vs Superman
• Shrek vs the kingdom 
• People from Japan vs a Tsunami 
• A person trying not to cry in public 

Multiple Choice

Example of Individual vs Nature

• Batman vs Superman
• Shrek vs the kingdom 
• People from Japan vs a Tsunami 
• A person trying not to cry in public 

Multiple Choice

Example of Individual vs Self 

• Batman vs Superman
• Shrek vs the kingdom 
• People from Japan vs a Tsunami 
• A person trying not to cry in public 

Multiple Choice

Individual vs. Individual

• Internal Conflict
• External Conflict

Multiple Choice

Individual vs. Self

• Internal Conflict
• External Conflict

​Mood vs. Tone

​Tone is the ______'s feeling or attitude towards the story.

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​Mood is the feeling the ______ gets from the story.

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Suspense is the ________ that we feel about what will happen next in a story.

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Foreshadowing is the use of _____ to suggest events that will happen later in the story. Foreshadowing often heightens _________.

Multiple Choice

What is the "tone" of a story?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
• The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
• The time and place of the story
• The summary of events in the story

Multiple Choice

Dear Alex, 
     Don't forget that our science project is due tomorrw.  I will revise and edit the report.  You will finish doing the poster.  Make sure to use neat handwriting.  I want a good grade, don't be a slacker.
-Brecken
Which word best describes the tone of this note?

• bossy
• friendly
• helpful
• confused

Multiple Choice

Dear Mrs. Collins,
     I absolutely LOVE your books! You are my favorite author of all time.  I read The Hunger Games trilogy in one week!  I want to be an author someday, and I hope that I can be as inspiring as you are.
-Jayda
Which word best describes the tone of this note?

• silly
• relaxed
• adoring
• confident

Multiple Choice

Ling was chewing the gum. When her teacher told her to spit it out and throw it in the trash, she talked back.
What tone did Ling use with her teacher?

• Apologetic
• Sarcastic
• Disrespectful
• uncertain

Multiple Choice

“Mrs. Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little. Meg felt her heart racing; cold sweat began to gather on her face and her lips felt as though they were turning blue. She began to gasp.

• Sad

• Intense

• Frightening

• Angry

Multiple Select

“They were standing in a sunlit field, and the air about them was moving with the delicious fragrance that comes only on the rarest of spring days when the sun’s touch is gentle and the apple blossoms are just beginning to unfold.” (67)

• Peaceful

• Suspenseful

• Natural

• Exciting

Multiple Select

“They were standing in a sunlit field, and the air about them was moving with the delicious fragrance that comes only on the rarest of spring days when the sun’s touch is gentle and the apple blossoms are just beginning to unfold.” (67)

Which words create the mood?

• Sunlit field

• Standing

• Spring days

• Sun's touch, gentle

• Beginning

Multiple Select

“Mrs. Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little. Meg felt her heart racing; cold sweat began to gather on her face and her lips felt as though they were turning blue. She began to gasp."

Which words create the mood?

• Straining

• Heart racing

• Cold sweat

• Lips

• Gasp

Multiple Choice

'The sun was bright and the sky was clear. Joan jogged down the path with Rex at her side and smiled about last night's victory.' What's the tone?

• cheerful
• depressing
• determined
• suspenseful

Multiple Choice

A state of being excited or nervous about what may happen is called _______________

• conflict

• suspense

• plot

• superstition

Multiple Choice

What is it called when the author gives hints or clues about future events in a story?

• cliffhanger

• plot

• suspense

• foreshadowing

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?

• When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.

• It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.

• After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.

• Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!

Multiple Choice

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother. Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day. "Don't stop along the way. Go straight to your Grandma's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods! Now get along!"

Which sentence is an example of foreshadowing?

• Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods!

• Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother.

• Now get along!

• Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day