Plot Elements and Theme

What is the beginning part of the plot where the main characters, setting, and conflict are introduced?

• exposition

• conflict

• rising action

• climax

What is another name for the major problem in the story?

• exposition

• conflict

• rising action

• climax

What is the part of the plot where the conflict increases toward its breaking point? This is the largest part of the story.

• exposition

• climax

• falling action

• rising action

What is the part of the plot that is considered the turning point, or breaking point, of the conflict?

• exposition

• conflict

• climax

• rising action

What is the part of the plot that comes directly after the climax?

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• theme

What is the part of the plot that shows how the story ends?

• exposition

• resolution

• falling action

• summary

What is another way to describe theme?

• THE MEssage

• main ideas

• summary

• the subject

How many elements are in a plot?

• four

• one

• seven

• five

Theme is the subject of the story.

• True

• False

A story must have a theme but it doesn't have to have a moral.

• True

• False