Plot Vocab 9th grade

What is the definition of plot?

• What happens in a story

• What the characters say

• The start of a story

• The outcome of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the setting in a story?

• What happens in a story

• Where and when the story takes place

• The "tipping point" of a story

• The end of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is Exposition?

• The end of a story

• The middle of a story

• The start of a story

• A bouncing ball

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does "inciting incident" mean?

• The moment in the story where the characters are introduced

• The moment in the story when the animals speak

• The moment in the story when the characters speak

• The moment in the story when the conflict begins for the protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Rising Action of a story is what?

• A series of events that build tension in a story

• When the plot thickens

• When the characters go home

• When the story ends

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"Climax" is the _____________ of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Falling Action is when.....

• A series of events that show everything falling into place

• When the trees start loosing their leaves

• When the story ends

• When the story begins

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Conclusion is when ......

• the story begins.

• the story ends.

• the story continues into another volume.

• the story is repeated.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Linear Plot is ......

• The story is sent to three people

• straight from the beginning to end. Plot told in chronological order

• twist around from the middle to the end.

• when the plot is not revealed in the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Non linear plots are......

Tags

CCSS.8.F.A.3