Plot Map, Tone, Pack a Punch, Literal and Figurative Language

The high point, things change for the main character after this

• resolution

• rising action

• climax

• exposition

Tells the setting, or time and place

• climax

• exposition

• resolution or denouement

• rising action

a conflict is introduced, action picks up

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

"And they lived happily ever after" is an example of

• resolution

• falling action

• climax

• rising action

What is plot?

• the rising action

• the events that make up a story

What is exposition?

• falling action

• the introduction to a story

What are primary characters?

• resolution

• who the story is mainly about

What is rising action?

• the events that lead to the climax

• the background of a story

The climax of the story is _____.

• the resolution or ending to the story

• the turning point in the story

The falling action is _____.

• when the main problem is solved

• the beginning of the story