Plot elements

The antagonist is

• The character's best friend

• An opposing force. The character who goes against the main character, a "bad guy"

• A side character

• A main character

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Conflict is...

• The problem in the story. (person vs person, person vs self, etc.)

• The most exciting moment

• The last page of the book

• The build up of the action.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Conflicts can be internal (person vs self). This means

• The character is struggling with another character

• the character is struggling with an issue within him/herself (what is right and wrong, trust issues, honesty, etc.)

• The character is fighting the government

• The character is battling nature

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Exposition is...

• The peak of the story

• The closing lines

• The background information given at the start of a story (includes characters, setting and the situation)

• The development of the action

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

A protagonist is

• the opposing force or bad guy

• the character's best friend

• a side character

• the main character

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Rising Action is

• The climactic moment.

• The main problem in the story. The reason things happen

• The wrapping up of loose ends. The final moments.

• The build up of events that lead to the climax. This is the bulk of the story/makes up most of the book.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Resolution is...

• The exciting start of a story

• The way the problem of the story is solved

• The climactic moment

• The main character

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Theme is

• The resolution

• The final sentence

• The universal message that the reader can take from the story

• The main idea

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Climax is

• The opening lines of the text.

• The solution to all of the character's problems.

• The turning point in the story. The moment all of the action was leading toward.

• The main problem in the story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Falling Action is

• Wrapping up loose ends. Explanations of how things turned out.

• The setting and characters given at the start of the story.

• The turning point of the text

• The main problem in the story.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9