Plot Elements (study guide)

The time and location in which a story takes place:

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is a person or animal which takes part in the action of a story called?

• Setting

• Plot

• Character

• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the sequence of events involving characters and a central conflict called?

• Setting

• Plot

• Character

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The opposition of forces, essential to the plot is called__________?

• Setting

• Conflict

• Character

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

All events leading up to the climax?

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Falling action

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

All events after the climax and leading to the resolution?

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Falling action

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The most exciting part of the story is called the _________. The height of tension or emotion/action.

• Setting

• Exposition

• Climax

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The underlying meaning or message about life of a story is called the ______________.

• Theme

• Mood

• Plot

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Don't judge a book by its cover is an example of ___________.

• Mood

• Theme

• Setting

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What information does the exposition of the story include?

• the characters, the conflict and the title
• the setting, the situation, and the characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4