Story Elements Pretest #1

The sequence of events in a story.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

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A plot diagram is also known as...

• Freytag's Pyramid

• Plot Pyramid

• Plot Mountain

• Reynold's Mountain

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The author sets the scene and explains what is going on.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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A series of problems that lead to the climax.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

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The most exciting moment or the turning point of a story.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

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The conflict lessens, lose ends start to be tied up.

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Conflict

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Also known as the denouement, is the conclusion of the story's plot.

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

A struggle between two opposing forces.

• Conflict

• External Conflict

• Internal Conflict

• Person Vs Person

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A struggle within one's self.

• Conflict

• External Conflict

• Internal Conflict

• Person vs Person

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A struggle with a force outside one's self.

• Conflict

• External Conflict

• Internal Conflict

• Person vs Person

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3