"The Hitchhiker" Plot Activity

The part of the story with most exciting or intense moment..when the moment reaches a high point.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

How the story ends.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

When the loose ends of the story are tied up...all problems and conflicts are solved

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

When the main events of the story takes place...events that lead up to the exciting part of the story.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Where the reader is introduced to characters, setting, and the event that gets the story going

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Which of these things doesn't happen in the exposition?

• Adams has a conversation with his mother.

• The reader learns that Adams is driving to New Mexico.

• Adams picks up a girl hitchhiker.

• Adams sees a hitchhiker on the Brooklyn Bridge

Which of these events happens in the rising action?

• Adams tells his mom not to worry about him.

• Mrs. Whitney tells Adams he died six days ago.

• Adams sees the hitchhiker at a railroad junction.

• Adams sits in his car and thinks about the fact that he is dead.

Which of these events would be considered the climax of the story?

• Adams picks up a girl hitchhiker.

• Adams sees the hitchhiker while crossing the Pulaski Skyway.

• The operator tells Adams his three minutes is up.

• Adams is told that his mother has had a breakdown because he has died.

Which of these events is part of the falling action?

• Adams is told there are never any hitchhikers in that area.

• The operator says that Adams' three minutes are up after he finds out he is dead.

• Adams calls home to speak to his mom for comfort.

• Adams car gets stuck on a railroad track.

Which of these events happens in the resolution?

• Adams sees the hitchhiker on Brooklyn Bridge.

• Adams sees the hitchhiker again on Pulaski Skyway

• Adams calls his mom for comfort

• Adams sits in an auto camp and thinks about the fact that he is dead