Setting and Plot

Which list shows the plot elements in correct order?

• Exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution
• Exposition, falling action, rising action, climax, resolution
• Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
• Rising action, falling action, exposition, climax, resolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The sequence of events in a story or novel is called the _________.

• action

• setting

• conflict

• plot

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The beginning part of the plot with the information about the setting, characters, and the situation is called the _____________.

• Beginning

• Anecdote

• Plot

• Exposition

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is setting? 

• The time and location in which a story takes place
• A series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict.
• a struggle between two people or things in a short story.
• What you turn on the washer

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap. Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks. Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically. The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made. Alex put the laptop in his bag and began walking toward the door. He held his head down low.

Which of the following choices is evidence that the setting is a library?

• He held his head down low.

• Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap

• Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically.

• The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

In the passage below, what can you infer about Randolph using clues from the setting?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

• Randolph is a mean person.

• Randolph is a prince or king.

• Randolph has an older sister.

• The setting doesn’t give us any clues about Randolph.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"I'm going to be a pirate this year," said Derek. "What about

you?"

"I'll be a vampire!" replied Emma. "We got the costume yesterday when we got our pumpkins."

When does this take place?

• October

• November

• April

• August

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Jake found his seat with the other trumpet players. He had

just enough time to get his trumpet assembled before Mr. Ashley, the band teacher, called them to attention.

Which of these things would you be likely to see in this setting?

• baseball bat

• a toothbrush

• a piano

• a jar of jam

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the setting of the passage below?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of the morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

• winter in a train station of a busy city

• a hospital in the future

• a summer morning in a castle

• a grocery store in the 1980's

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What two questions does SETTING answer?

• What happened? Who was involved?
• Who is involved? Why are they involved?
• Who are the main characters and what is the problem?
• When and where does the story take place?

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3