Plot/Story Elements Vocabulary

The background information. Ex. The setting and characters.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The events in a plot which build to the climax of a story.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The most exciting event in a story. Also called the "Turning Point"

• Plot

• Resolution

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The events that help to bring the story to a close. "Wrapping" up the story.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

How the problem was solved and how everything ends.

• Resolution

• Plot

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

The events of a story.

• Plot

• Climax

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Who the story is about.

• Characters

• Setting

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Where and when the story takes place.

• Characters

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The lesson the author wants us to learn from the story.

• Theme

• Setting

• Characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5