The Boatman's Flute

the conclusion of the story's plot; this is when conflicts are resolved and the story concludes.

• resolution
• climax
• exposition
• falling action
• plot

the part of a narrative used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements

• exposition
• climax
• falling action
• plot
• plot diagram

an organizational tool in the shape of a pyramid or triangle that is used to map the events in a narrative

• plot diagram
• climax
• exposition
• falling action
• plot

the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached

• falling action
• climax
• exposition
• plot
• plot diagram

the most exciting or most intense point in the plot

• climax
• exposition
• falling action
• plot
• plot diagram

a related series of incidents that build toward the point of greatest interest (climax)

• rising action
• climax
• exposition
• falling action
• plot

the sequence of events that make up a narrative

• plot
• climax
• exposition
• falling action
• plot diagram

Fill in the plot diagram number 1 by selecting the word that corresponds with the term that describes this section of the diagram.

• climax
• exposition
• falling action
• resolution
• rising action

Fill in the plot diagram number 2 by selecting the word that corresponds with the term that describes this section of the diagram.

• climax
• exposition
• falling action
• resolution
• rising action

Fill in the plot diagram number 3 by selecting the word that corresponds with the term that describes this section of the diagram.

• climax
• exposition
• falling action
• resolution
• rising action