Plot

The sequence of events in a story.

• Plot

• Diagram

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The information needed to understand a story. Introduces the setting, the characters, and the conflict they face.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The catalyst that begins/shows the major conflict.

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The turning point in the story that occurs when characters try to resolve the complication.

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Shows what happens to the characters after they try and solve the problem.

• Resolution

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The set of events that bring the story to a close.

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The struggles between two opposing forces.

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

• Internal Conflict

• Outside Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

A struggle that occurs within a character.

• External Conflict

• Internal Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A struggle between a character and some outside force.

• External Conflict

• Internal Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The clues a writer gives to forecast future events in the story.

• Conflict

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5