Plot Elements Review

1. Turning point in a story; moment of greatest suspense; conflict at most intense or dramatic moment.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

2. The _______ is everything that happens in a story.

• problem

• sequence

• plot

• solution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

3. Which element of plot introduces the characters and the setting of the story?

• exposition

• resolution

• climax

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

4. The _______ is the most exciting part of the story.

• exposition

• poem

• rising action

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

5. The end of the story is called the ______.

• falling action

• rising action

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

6. The series of events that lead up to the turning point of the story is the ______________.

• falling action

• exposition

• climax

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

7. A _______ is a struggle that a character has to work through or solve.

• conflict

• sequence

• climax

• solution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

8. What is the part of the story leading up to the climax?

• exposition

• resolution

• rising action

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

9. What happens right after the climax?

• resolution

• rising action

• transition

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

10. The main events of the story take place during the __________.

• climax

• falling action

• rising action

• What are main events?

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9