Story Elements and Plot Review

Story Elements and Plot

ESOL II and III

Every story has the same pattern.

• Problem starts

• Problem gets worse

• Problem is solved

Open Ended

What do we call the events that happen in a story?

Parts of the Plot

• Exposition (Introduction)

• Inciting Incident

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution (Denouement)

Exposition

• Beginning of the story

• Introduces characters and setting

• Not very exciting yet

• A few events (usually the first chapter of a book)

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the exposition?

• To introduce the characters and setting

• To make the story more exciting

• To bring the story to a conclusion

Multiple Choice

Setting is:

• when and where the story takes place

• the people, animals, or things in a story

• Umm I don't know!!!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a part of a setting?

• It was a dark and stormy night.

• Mary had bright blue eyes and a dazzling smile

• In a kingdom far, far away, a long time ago…

Inciting Incident

• The event that starts the problem or conflict

• First thing to go wrong

• ONE event (one sentence or paragraph in a book)

Multiple Choice

How is the inciting incident related to the problem, or conflict, in the story?

• It starts the problem.

• It makes the problem worse.

• It solves the problem.

Multiple Choice

What is the problem in the story:

Hi, my name is Emily. I gave my sister my jacket, but she lost it! I am so mad!

• Her name is Emily.

• She has a sister.

• Her sister lost her jacket.

Multiple Choice

It is the part of the plot where the problem/ conflict is starting to be solved

• falling action

• climax

• rising action

• resolution

Rising Action

• Events that make the problem get worse and worse

• Story gets more and more exciting
  

• Takes up MOST of the story
  

• MANY events (most of the chapters in a book)

Multiple Choice

During the rising action, the problem...

• Gets started

• Gets worse and worse

• Gets better

• Is solved

Multiple Choice

The rising action takes up how much of the story?

• A little bit

• Half

• Most of it

Climax

• The turning point

• Problem is at its worst - after this, things will start getting better

• Can be the most exciting part

• ONE event near the end of the story

Multiple Choice

How is the climax related to the problem of the story?

• The problem is just getting started

• The problem is getting worse and worse

• The problem is at its worst (turning point)

• The problem is solved

Multiple Choice

Where in the story would the climax be found?

• At the beginning

• Near the end

Falling Action

• Problem is wrapping up

• Story gets a little less exciting

• A few events - last chapter or two of a book

Multiple Choice

How is the falling action related to the problem of the story?

• The problem is getting started.

• The problem is getting worse.

• The problem is starting to wrap up, or come to a solution.

• The problem is solved.

Resolution

• Solution to the problem

• Very end of the story

• "Happily ever after"

Multiple Choice

How is the resolution related to the problem of the story?

• The problem is getting started.

• The problem is getting worse.

• The problem is starting to wrap up, or come to a solution.

• The problem is solved.

Multiple Choice

Why do we learn about plot?

• It helps us to understand stories better.

• It helps us to find books that we may have lost.

• No reason

​Characters

​any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work. 

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​Characters can have many traits that change and grow over time just like people in real life.

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​Characters can be:

• ​The Protagonist

  • ​​the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

• ​The Antagonist

  • ​A character in a story who opposes, or goes against the protagonist.

Multiple Choice

Who is typically the good guy in the story?

• protagonist

• antagonist

Multiple Choice

A superhero must save a group of hikers.

The superhero is the ____________________ of this story.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• complication

• setting

Multiple Choice

Identify the following elements of a story.

A girl is about to win a bicycle race when she gets a flat tire.

• antagonist

• complication

• setting

Multiple Choice

Who is typically the bad guy in the story?

• protagonist

• antagonist

Multiple Choice

An evil witch tries to capture a princess.

The witch is the ___________________.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• complication

• setting

Multiple Choice

5. Who is the protagonist in this story?

• The boar

• The lion

• The vultures

Multiple Choice

Which is not a part of the plot of this story?

• a. The boar makes his way to the stream.

• b. The dessert is hot and dry.

• c. The lion and the boar fight.

Multiple Choice

What is the protagonist’s goal in this story?

• a. To get a drink of water

• b. To protect the stream

• c. To defeat the lion

Multiple Choice

What complication does the boar encounter?

• a. He is thirsty.

• b. He notices the vultures.

• c. The lion is between him and the stream.