Literary Elements: Devices

The order of the plot is:

• Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Denouement

• Denouement, Falling Action, Climax, Rising Action, Inciting Incident, Exposition

• Exposition, Rising Action, Inciting Incident, Climax, Falling Action, Denouement

• Exposition, Climax, Rising Action, Falling Action, Denouement, Inciting Incident

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is exposition

• Winding down-- shows the result of the actions or decisions the character has made.

• The conflict or main problem starts with some kind of action.

• After the characters and main problem have been established, the main problem or conflict is dealt with by some kind of action. In this part of the story, the main character is in crisis. This is the place for tension and excitement.

• The beginning-- characters and setting are introduced.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is denouement?

• The conflict or main problem starts with some kind of action.

• The high point-- It is the main event or danger that the character faces. This is the darkest moment, the worst challenge the character must oppose.

• French for “the act of untying”, it is when conflicts are resolved, loose ends are tied up, and the story concludes with a happy or sad ending.

• The beginning-- characters and setting are introduced.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the climax?

• The conflict or main problem starts with some kind of action.

• The high point-- It is the main event or danger that the character faces. This is the darkest moment, the worst challenge the character must oppose.

• Winding down-- shows the result of the actions or decisions the character has made.

• After the characters and main problem have been established, the main problem or conflict is dealt with by some kind of action. In this part of the story, the main character is in crisis. This is the place for tension and excitement.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is rising action?

• After the characters and main problem have been established, the main problem or conflict is dealt with by some kind of action. In this part of the story, the main character is in crisis. This is the place for tension and excitement.

• The beginning-- characters and setting are introduced.

• The high point-- It is the main event or danger that the character faces. This is the darkest moment, the worst challenge the character must oppose.

• The conflict or main problem starts with some kind of action.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is falling action

• The resolution-- French for “the act of untying”, it is when conflicts are resolved, loose ends are tied up, and the story concludes with a happy or sad ending.

• After the characters and main problem have been established, the main problem or conflict is dealt with by some kind of action. In this part of the story, the main character is in crisis. This is the place for tension and excitement.

• Winding down-- shows the result of the actions or decisions the character has made.

• The beginning-- characters and setting are introduced.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the inciting incident/initial incident?

• The high point-- It is the main event or danger that the character faces. This is the darkest moment, the worst challenge the character must oppose.

• Winding down-- shows the result of the actions or decisions the character has made.

• The beginning-- characters and setting are introduced.

• The conflict or main problem starts with some kind of action.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The setting refers to the _______ in a story. (Check all that apply.)

• Characters

• Time

• Context

• Place

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A protagonist... (Check all that apply).

• is the main character of story, novel or a play.

• is the person who tells the story.

• can be good or evil.

• is in conflict with the antagonist.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

First person narrative method:

• You, your - The narrator is talking directly to the reader.

• I, me, we, our - The narrator is one of the characters in the story and is telling his or her own story.

• They, theirs, she, hers, he, his - The narrator is telling a story about other people.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5