Plot Diagram

Exposition

• Setting and background info

• Turning point

• The end

• Events after the climax

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Rising Action

• Events leading to the climax

• Events after the climax

• Setting and background

• Point that hooks the reader's attention

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Climax

• Events leading to the resolution

• Point that grabs the reader's attention

• Turning point where the protagonist makes a tough decision

• All conflicts are resolved and the story is over

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

The highest point of tension in a plot is the

• Climax

• Conflict

• Plot

• Inciting Incident

• Exposition

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

The problem or struggle is the

• Resolution

• Theme

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Climax

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CCSS.RL.6.3

Complications are added during the

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Narration

• Climax

• Falling Action

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

The part of the plot that introduces the setting is the

• Climax

• Resolution

• Inciting Incident

• Theme

• Exposition

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CCSS.RL.6.5

The term for the events that make up a story

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Theme

• Plot

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

The conflict is introduced during the

• Inciting Incident

• Climax

• Resolution

• Falling Action

• Plot

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

If a character is struggling with a difficult decision, the conflict is

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Self

• Rising Action

• Theme

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.6.3