Elements of Fiction DK

The organization of events that make up the story

• Plot

• Subplot

• Rising Action

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A secondary plot, or a strand of the main plot

• Exposition

• Subplot

• Plot

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Introduction with background information about the setting and characters of the story

• Setting

• Exposition

• Climax/Turning point

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The idea or action that sets events in motion to Start the Plot ( it may take place before the story starts)

• Falling Action

• Theme

• Initiating Event

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Series of events that might begin immediately after the exposition (introduction) of the story and builds up to the climax.

• Setting

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Initiating Event

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax/Turning Point

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

• Initiating Event

• Falling Action

• Setting

• Subplot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The problem of the story is resolved or worked out

• Resolution

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The life lesson or universal truth the author wants to share through the story

• Setting

• Theme

• Plot

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The time and place in which the story takes place

• Theme

• Exposition

• Setting

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3