Plot Terms

What term describes:

The structure of a story which is made up of all the events in the story from beginning to end.

• theme

• plot

• exposition

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.5

Conflict can include both (choose 2!):

• external conflict

• story elements

• internal conflict

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

Where does the resolution usually come in a story?

• beginning

• middle

• end

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.5

When does the main character and setting usually get introduced?

• falling action

• rising action

• resolution

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.5

What is the term called that it is often the most suspenseful or exciting part of the story?

• climax

• exposition

• falling action

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.5

The events in the narrative/ story that happen after the climax but before the very end is called what?

• rising action

• falling action

• exposition

• resolution

What is setting?

• traits of characters

• major problem in the story

• the solution to the problem

• where and when the story takes place

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.7

The important events in the narrative/ story when the main character is trying to solve the conflict is called what?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

The people, animals, or things in a story that perform the actions and speak dialogue are called what?

• settings

• characters

• conflicts

• resolutions

These are not a part of the plot, but are determined by the reader after reading a narrative/ story. The reader must think about how the character changed or what the character learned to help determine what?

• plot

• conflict

• theme

• the title

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3