Reading Plot Structure

Plot Structure and Literary Elements

Quarter 3 Test Content (Part 1)

Basic Terms in Plot Structure (1)

• Plot: Sequence of events in a story

• Setting: Time and place in which the story occurs

• Exposition: Beginning/set-up of the story

• Conflict: the struggle/problem that needs to be solved

Basic Terms in Plot Structure (2)

• Climax - The most dramatic part of the story (usually also a turning-point or where the conflict comes to a head).

• Resolution - How the conflict is resolved so the story can end. This ending helps the reader understand the theme or meaning of the story.

Multiple Choice

The sequence of events in a story (overall) is called the ____.

• plot

• setting

• exposition

Multiple Choice

The beginning of a story that sets-up the characters/setting/situation is called the __________.

• Climax

• Tone

• Exposition

Multiple Choice

The _______ of the story is the time and place in which the story occurs.

• conflict

• setting

• theme

Multiple Choice

The struggle between opposing forces (the problem in the story that needs to be solved) is called the ________.

• conflict

• resolution

• setting

Multiple Choice

The most dramatic part of a story - usually near a turning-point where things change.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Climax

Multiple Choice

How a story ends / how the conflict is resolved.

• Resolution

• Climax

• Setting

Literary Elements

• Theme: The main universal idea or message conveyed in the story

• Mood: general sense or feeling that the reader gets from the story (how we feel when we read the writing).

• Tone: the attitude of the author that comes through the writing (usually created by word choice)

• Point of View: Perspective from which the reader sees the story

3 Most Common Types of Author Point of View

• 1st Person: Major character tells the story (uses "I" "Me" "My").

• 3rd Person Limited: Narrator tells story (uses "He" "She" "They") but is limited to what 1 character thinks/sees.

• 3rd Person Omniscient: Narrator tells story ("She" "He" "They") but is all-knowing.

Multiple Choice

The main universal idea or message (lesson to be learned) of a story is called the _____.

• Point of View

• Mood

• Theme

Multiple Choice

The ____ of a story refers to the general sense or feeling the reader is supposed to get from the story.

• Mood

• Setting

• Point of View

Multiple Choice

The attitude a writer has about the story that is shown through things like their word-choice is called the ____.

• Mood

• Tone

• Conflict

Multiple Choice

Which of these is first person point of view?

• I went out the door and found that my car was covered in snow.

• She went out the door to find that her car was covered in snow.

Multiple Choice

What does it mean when a point of view is "third person limited"?

• The story is told by a main character who uses "I" and "me."

• The narrator uses "He" and "They" - but is limited to seeing only what 1 character in the story sees/hears/thinks.

• The narrator uses "He" and "They" but is all-knowing and can talk about all characters in the same way.

Multiple Choice

What does omniscient mean?

• Inferior

• Limited to 1

• All-knowing