Plot Diagram

Where and when a story takes place.

• climax

• setting

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

All of the information the reader need to know

before the story begins. Who are the characters?

What is the problem? What is the setting?

• characters

• plot

• exposition

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

All of the events in the story leading up to the

climax. The tension in the story is building.

• falling action

• rising action

• exposition

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The turning point in the story. The tension is

at its highest point in the story.

• conflict

• climax

• falling action

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

All of the events after the climax. The tension

of the story comes down.

• conflict

• falling action

• rising action

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

How is the problem/conflict in the story

solved?

• resolution

• exposition

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The problem in the story.

• conflict

• climax

• exposition

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

People or animals that are in the story.

• setting

• characters

• resolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the definition of plot?

• The lesson of a story

• The sequence of events in a story

• The turning point of a story

• The conflict of a story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which list shows the plot elements in the correct order?

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

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

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5