Text Structure

All of the events in a fiction story from beginning to end are called...

• the plot

• the resolution

• the climax

• the introduction

The first part of the plot, when characters and setting are introduced...

• climax

• resolution

• introduction

• falling action

The end of the story, when problems are solved...

• rising action

• resolution

• climax

• introduction

In this part of the plot, conflicts are introduced and tension builds...

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

• rising action

In this part of the plot, problems begin to wrap up as things move toward the end of the story...

• falling action

• rising action

• introduction

• climax

The most exciting part of the plot (often a turning point in the story)...

• resolution

• falling action

• climax

• introduction

Ideas or steps are presented in a specific order...

• compare

• description

• sequence

• contrast

Telling the similarities and differences between 2 or more topics...

• sequence

• description

• compare/contrast

• cause/effect

Focusing on details, characteristics, and examples of 1 topic...

• compare/contrast

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

• description

Presenting a bad situation and possible ways to fix it...

• problem/solution

• sequence

• compare/contrast

• description