Literary Terms

How many stages of plot are there?

• 7

• 5

• 2

• 3

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

This stage of plot introduces the setting, characters, and conflict.

• Climax

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Rising Actions

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

This stage of plot builds up to the climax of the story.

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Climax

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

This stage of plot happens after the turning point of the story where things start to wind down.

• Resolution

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is the last stage of plot where the conflict may resolve and the story closes out.

• Climax

• Resolution

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The stage of plot is the turning point of the story, where the story is the most tense or suspenseful

• Climax

• Resolution

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

This is what the story or passage is about when reading the text. It’s short and we can say it with just a word or simple phrase. It’s general.

• Theme

• Subject

• Main Idea

• Passage

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

This is what the author wants you to know about the subject in a text. It’s a complete sentence that includes a whole idea. It’s the big takeaway that you learned from reading. It’s more specific.

• Main Idea

• Theme

• Subject

• Topic

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

This is the message or moral of the story

• Topic

• Main Idea

• Theme

• Subject

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What point of view uses "I, me, my" as pronouns?

• 3rd Person Limited

• 2nd Person

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6