Plot, Setting, Characters, and Conflict

Definition: The main events in a sequence that make up a whole story.

• Plot

• Setting

• Character

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Definition: A disagreement, opposition, or problem between two or more forces (people, nature, self, society, etc).

• Plot

• Setting

• Characters

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Definition: A person (or animal/object) who speaks or acts in a story.

• Plot

• Setting

• Character

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Definition: The time and place where a story happens.

• Plot

• Setting

• Character

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the options below could be examples of conflicts?

• The rain starts pouring down while you're walking home.

• You are having a salad for lunch.

• You are struggling with a difficult math problem.

• The teacher starts yelling at someone in class.

• The sun is shining on the garden.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the options below would help develop the setting of a story?

• Describing the house where the character lives

• Noting what time of day is it

• Giving the character a name

• Listing the pets living with the main character

• Telling about the season (fall, summer, winter, spring)

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following options are elements of plot?

• Explosion

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of the following ideas help readers to understand a character?

• Dialogue (words they speak)

• Visual Description (what they look like)

• Thoughts & Feelings (inside their heads)

• Setting (where they live/visit)

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

The blue arrow on the diagram represents the (a)   of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The blue arrow on the diagram represents the (a)   of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9