Plot Elements Terms Quiz

the problem in the story

• setting

• conflict

• protagonist

• resolution

the event that changes the protagonist’s normal life and starts the story’s action

• inciting incident

• antagonist

• plot

• climax

the story starts winding down; the results of the actions/decisions made by the main character are revealed

• rising action

• falling action

• setting

• midpoint

the message, moral, or lesson of the story

• protagonist

• exposition

• theme

• conflict

the time and place of a story

• setting

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

the character or force who opposes the protagonist

• exposition

• antagonist

• theme

• midpoint

the main character begins to face the conflict

• setting

• theme

• rising action

• resolution

the highest point or turning point of the story

• plot

• protagonist

• exposition

• climax

the end of the story; all conflicts are resolved

• resolution

• rising action

• midpoint

• plot

the sequence of events in a story

• anatgonist

• plot

• climax

• protagonist