Suspense and Plot Diagram Vocabulary

When the story begins to move towards the conclusion.

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the conflict develops and suspense builds.

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The beginning part of a story which describes the setting and introduces the characters.

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The most exciting part of the story or the turning point of the action.

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising Action

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The part of the story that tells how it all turns out.

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

When the author brings the reader back in time to explain an event.

• Rising Action

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

When the author hints or discusses an event that will happen later in the story.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Cliffhanger

• Plot Twist

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The Anxiety a reader feels about what will happen next in the story.

• Foreshadowing

• Plot Twist

• Cliffhanger

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The ending of the story that leaves the reader in suspense without a conclusion.

• Plot Diagram

• Suspense

• Cliffhanger

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

An unexpected development in a book, movie or TV show.

• Plot Twist

• Cliffhanger

• Suspense

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5