Plot Elements in Literary Texts

An author’s purpose in writing a story is to?

• Persuade

• Entertain

• Inform

• Bore

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The time and location in which a story takes place:

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

All events leading up to the climax?

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Falling action

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

All events after the climax and leading to the resolution?

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Falling action

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The most exciting part of the story is called the _________. The height of tension or emotion/action.

• Setting

• Exposition

• Climax

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The underlying meaning or message about life of a story is called the ______________.

• Theme

• Mood

• Plot

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of the following is the most typical order of a plot?

• 1. Exposition

  2. Rising actions

  3. Falling actions

  4.Climax

  5.Resolution

• 1. Exposition

  2. Rising actions

  3. Climax

  4.Falling Actions

  5.Resolution

• 1. Exposition

  2. Rising actions

  3. Climax

  4.Resolution

  5.Falling Actions

• 1. Rising actions

  2. Exposition

  3. Falling actions

  4.Climax

  5. Resolution

The definition of story character:

• Where the story takes place

• A person in a story

• an action that causes something to happen.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the sequence of events in a story called?

• Conflict
• Plot
• Rising Action
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What part of the plot tells us about the characters, setting, and main conflict?

• Plot
• Rising Action
• Exposition
• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3