Plot Diagram

What is plot?

• The sequence of key events in a story.

• A scientific diagram based on wavelengths

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What three elements are introduced in the exposition?

• Rising Action, Climax, and Falling Action

• Theme, Falling Action, and Resolution

• Setting, Characters, Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

When does the exposition occur in the story?

• Beginning

• Middle

• Ending

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the Rising Action

• Where the setting, characters, and conflict is introduced

• The turning point; the story changes forever; "explosion"

• The tension lessens and the story starts to settle down

• The tension builds and leads to the climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the Climax?

• When the setting, characters, and conflict is introduced

• The turning point; the story changes forever; "explosion"

• The tension lessens and leads to the resolution

• The tension builds and leads to the rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the Falling Action?

• The setting, characters, and conflict is introduced

• The turning point; the story changes forever; "explosion"

• The tension lessens and leads to the resolution

• The tension builds and leads to the climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the Resolution

• Where the setting, characters, and conflict is introduced.

• The turning point; the story is changed forever; "explosion"

• The end

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is theme?

• The conflict of the story

• The lesson or moral of the story

• The setting of the story

• The characters in the story

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the setting?

• The lesson or moral of the story

• Where and when the story takes place

• The problem in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is conflict?

• The problem in the story

• The turning point

• Where and when the story takes place

• The lesson or moral of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9