Plot Structure

The organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story is called the ________

• setting

• character

• language

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

On a plot line the ________ is the highest point of interest or suspense of a story, typically this is when the protagonist addresses the conflict directly.

• exposition

• falling action

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

_________ is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows arrangement of events and actions within a story.

• Character

• Conflict

• Setting

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

On a plot line, the __________ are when the tension eases; these events show the results of how the main character begins to resolve the conflict

• rising actions

• climax

• falling actions

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

On a plot line the __________ is the series of events that occur as result of the character's struggle with the central conflict.

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• conflict

On a plot line the _____________ is the introduction; this is when the characters, setting and conflict (problem) are introduced

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

A writer can create ________ with excitement, tension, curiosity

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.W.7.3B

On a plot line the two words used for when loose ends are tied up; the conflict is solved are ____________ and ________________

• rising actions

• falling action

• denouement

• resolution

• The use of specific objects or images to represent ideas is called ____________, like the mockingjay in The Hunger Games.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Author's sometimes use _____________ which interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past, and fills in gaps.

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3C