Plot

The term for the events that make up a story

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Theme

• Plot

What is the purpose of the falling action?

• It sets the plot in motion.

• The characters and setting are being introduced.

• The events start to build toward a climax.

• Loose ends are being tied up and the conflict is being resolved.

The ending of a plot is called the

• Climax

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Theme

• Resolution

Rising Action is...

• The main character or “good guy” of the story.

• Beginning of the story line where the world is built and the characters and setting are introduced.

• Where the story starts to get interesting and many of the main events happen. 

• The turning point of the story that the rising action has been building too.

Climax is...

• The end of the story where we find out what happened to the characters when the conflict is resolved.

• The turning point of the story that the rising action has been building too.

• Beginning of the story line where the world is built and the characters and setting are introduced.

• The “villain” or “bad guy” of the story.

The Antagonist is...

• Where the conflict is introduced and the story and rising action begin.

• The ongoing issue that the main character is dealing with.

• The main character or “good guy” of the story.

• The “villain” or “bad guy” of the story.

The protagonist is...

• The ongoing issue that the main character is dealing with.

• The main character or “good guy” of the story.

• The “villain” or “bad guy” of the story.

• The moral or lesson learned from the story.

Theme is

• The ongoing issue that the main character is dealing with.

• Where the story starts to get interesting and many of the main events happen.

• Beginning of the story line where the world is built and the characters and setting are introduced.

• The moral or lesson learned from the story.

Conflict is...

• The end of the story where we find out what happened to the characters when the conflict is resolved.

• The ongoing issue that the main character is dealing with.

• The “villain” or “bad guy” of the story.

• The turning point of the story that the rising action has been building too.

A conflict is introduced and suspense built

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Conflict

• Resolution