Plot Terms and Diagram

Where and when the story takes place

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Setting

• Characters

All the information the reader needs to know before the story begins. Characters/Problem/Setting

• Expostion

• Resolution

• Setting

• Character

All the events in the story leading up to the climax. The tension in the story is building.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Conflict

The turning point in the story.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Conflict

All the events after the climax.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Conflict

How the problems in the story is solved.

• Expostion

• Resolution

• Setting

• Character

The problem in the story.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Conflict

People or animals that are in the story.

• Expostion

• Resolution

• Setting

• Character

Exposition

• 2
• 0
• 1
• 3

Resolution

• 6

• 5

• 2

• 3