Plot Elements Assessment

What is plot?

• The events that develop the problem

• The problem/conflict

• The most exciting part, the turning point of the problem

• The sequence of events in a story

What happens during the exposition?

• The characters and setting are introduced

• Events develop the problem

• The most exciting part, the turning point of the problem

• Events lead to the resolution

What changes the story from the exposition to the rising action?

• The climax

• The problem/conflict

• The solution

What happens during the Rising Action?

• The characters and setting are introduced

• Events develop the problem

• The most exciting part, the turning point of the problem

• Events lead to the resolution

What happens during the Climax?

• The characters and setting are introduced

• Events develop the problem

• The most exciting part, the turning point of the problem

• Events lead to the resolution

What happens during the Falling Action?

• The characters and setting are introduced

• Events develop the problem

• The most exciting part, the turning point of the problem

• Events lead to the resolution

What happens during the Resolution?

• The characters and setting are introduced

• Events develop the problem

• The most exciting part, the turning point of the problem

• What the character does after the solution

What happened during the exposition of the Polar Express?

• It is Christmas Eve and a train arrives at the boy's house.

• Santa gives the boy the first gift of Christmas

• The boy loses the bell

• The boy can still hear the bell ring, but no one else can

What happened during the climax of the Polar Express?

• It is Christmas Eve and a train arrives at the boy's house.

• Santa gives the boy the first gift of Christmas

• The boy loses the bell

• The boy can still hear the bell ring, but no one else can

What happened during the falling action of the Polar Express?

• They drink hot chocolate on the Polar Express

• Santa gives the boy the first gift of Christmas

• The boy loses the bell

• The boy can still hear the bell ring, but no one else can