Plot Structure

What is the setting of a story?

• place and location
• place and time
• where the story takes place
• when the story takes place

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The exposition 

• happens at the beginning of a story
• happens at the middle of a story
• happens at the end of a story
• is another name for climax

Another name for the exposition is the 

• conclusion
• resolution 
• introduction
• rising action

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The girl shivered in the cold, winter's night. 
This is the 

• rising action 
• exposition
• climax
• resolution

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

... and they all lived happily ever after.
This is an example of the 

• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• resolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Mark was upset about losing his favorite at school. He knew his mother would ask him about it and he dreaded having to tell her that he had lost it.
This is an example of the 

• 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

The tortoise ran past the sleeping hare all the way to the finish line.
This is an example of 

• 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

She saw Stewart take the earbuds out of Maria's book bag. Since Stewart was her friend, she was torn between reporting what she had seen and loyalty to her friend.
This an example of 

• rising action
• falling action
• conflict
• climax

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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

The climax of a story  

• is the introduction of a story
• is the turning point of a story
• the
  takes place in the middle of a story 
• takes place at the end of a storyh

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The six elements of plot structure are
rising action, climax, conflict, falling action, resolution, and exposition

• introduction, exposition, rising action, resolution, and falling action
• exposition, rising action, climax, conflict, falling action, and resolution
• rising action, climax, conflict, falling action, resolution, and exposition
• exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action,  and resolution