ELA Review

When characters struggle against forces outside themselves.

• external conflict

• internal conflict

A battle within a character's heart or mind.

• External conflict
• Internal conflict

When determining ____________ conflict, ask yourself: What emotion, desire, decision, or need is this person struggling with?

• internal
• external

This plot stage presents the conflict at its most dramatic. This is the story's turning point. 

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action

In this plot stage, the setting, the main characters, and the central conflict are introduced.

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action

___________ is the time and place in which the story occurs. In some stories, it can affect events and characters.

• Plot
• Setting
• Climax
• Resolution

____________ is the series of events that make up a story. 

• Setting
• Climax
• Exposition
• Plot

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CCSS.RL.5.5

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

To find the _____________, ask yourself: What big message about life is the writer trying to tell me? Sometimes the author will directly tell you it in the story and sometimes it is implied.

• theme
• plot
• setting
• main character

In literature, __________ refers to the overall feeling you get when you read a passage.

• tone
• setting
• mood
• plot

The _____________ (time and place) of a story can help create a mood.

• plot
• tone
• exposition
• setting