Plot Elements

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

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

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

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

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

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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. 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What 3 components are included in the exposition?

• characters, dialogue

• narrator, conflict

• characters, resolution

• characters, setting, conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Where does the drama and suspense begin to build in a plot?

• The resolution

• The climax

• The rising action

• The falling action

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a conflict in a story?

• a struggle between two opposing forces usually the protagonist and the antagonist
  
• A series of events that complicates matters for your characters, and results in increased drama or suspense
• story is in chronological order and does not skew from that order.
  
• The beginning that introduces the characters and setting. 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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 when the character solves the conflict, and the resolution is when the character is attempting to solve the problem.

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

• The falling action provides a link between all of the action of the climax to the end of the story, or the resolution.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

In the story "Duffy's Jacket", which is the climax?

• Duffy doesn't forget any of his belongings for at least a year.

• The narrator discovers a chilling message scrawled on the wall - "Beware the Sentinel."

• The Sentinel busts down the bedroom door and throws the jacket at Duffy. "You forgot your jacket, stupid."

• Duffy forgets his jacket in the woods.  

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which part of the plot
introduces the characters?

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A literary device that creates a state of tension or uncertainty, with an emotional pull that keeps readers going:  

• Hook
• Resolution
• Suspense
• IDK

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The problem in a story

• Conflict
• Plot
• Rising Action
• Setting

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5