Plot Analysis Vocabulary

What is plot?

• the structure of a story

• the main character

• the end of a story

• the problem of a story

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What are the parts of the plot in order?

• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

• rising action, falling action, exposition, climax, and resolution

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is exposition?

• the beginning of the story

• the end of the story

• the problem in a story

• the antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is rising action?

• when the plot becomes increasingly complicated and various problem arise

• when the protagonist solves the problem

• when the antagonist solves the problem

• when you think about the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is climax?

• the high point of the story

• the end of the story

• the beginning of the story

• the problem in the story

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is falling action?

• the action following the climax that leads to the end

• the action before the climax that leads to the beginning

• the action that begins the story

• the action that end the story

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the resolution?

• when the problem is solved and the action comes to an end

• when the problem is introduced and the action begins

• the high point of the story

• the characters in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is theme?

• the message in story that the character learns

• the problem in the story

• when the action takes place

• how the author makes you feel

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is tone?

• the author's attitude toward the story and the readers

• the action the author puts in the story

• when we find out what the problem is

• when we find out who the antagonist is

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is mood?

• how the writer's words make us feel

• how the writer talks about the characters

• the high point of the story

• the end of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B