Understanding Literature

Plot

• The structure of a story. Beginning, Middle, and End

• Details about a location

• Where the story takes place

• Who the characters are in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Exposition

• the beginning of a story

• details about the setting

• a problem (internal or external) in a story

• details about the background, setting, characters, and conflict of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Rising Actions

• details about a location in story

• details that are given at the beginning of a story that introduces characters

• a problem or conflict in a story

• details/events that take place after the exposition pushing the story towards the climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Conflict

• a problem (internal or external) in a story. Usually an issue between the protagonist and antagonist

• a big exciting event that changes the main character or story. The turning point.

• details about the location of a story

• most exciting part of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Climax

• the most exciting part of the story

• the only major event in a story

• a big (exciting) event that changes the main character or the story. The turning point.

• the moral or lesson of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Falling Actions

• details/events that take place after the Exposition, pushing the story forward.

• details and events that take place after the Climax, pushing the story towards the end

• the end of the story and how the author wraps everything up. Also, the solution to the conflict

• the end of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Resolution

• the structure of the story

• a big (exciting) event that changes the main character or story.

• how the story begins

• the end of the story and how the author wraps everything up. Also, the solution to the conflict.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Characterization

• the development of the character from the exposition to the resolution. how a character grows and/or changes over the course of the story

• the characters in a story

• the development of an idea

• how you, the reader, feel about the events in the story. Your emotional response to what you have read.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Mood

• The author's attitude or expression through their words

• how the author feels

• how the audience feels

• How you, the reader, feel about events in the story. Your emotional response to what you have read.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Tone

• How you, the reader, feel about events in the story. Your emotional response to what you have read.

• The author's attitude or expression through their words

• the end of a story

• the beginning of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4