Plot Elements

The TIME and LOCATION that a story takes place is its what?

• Characters

• Resolution

• Setting

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

What is a PERSON or ANIMAL which takes part in the action of a story called?

• Narrator

• Character

• Setting

• Plot

The CENTRAL, MAIN CHARACTER of a story is called the ____________.

• Narrator

• Villian

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

The character who OPPOSES the MAIN CHARACTER is called the __________.

• Antagonist

• Narrator

• Protagonist

• Hero

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the SEQUENCE of EVENTS in a story called?

• Resolution

• Climax

• Conflict

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

A STRUGGLE or PROBLEM between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist.

• Climax

• Conflict

• Inciting Incident

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

The event that sets the central conflict in motion. The event that HOOKS the reader into the story.

Without this, there would be NO story.

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Inciting Incident

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

A related SERIES of EVENTS that BUILD TOWARD the point of greatest interest or THE CLIMAX.

Ask: What events make the conflict WORSE?

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

TURNING POINT in a story; the conflict or tension hits the HIGHEST point. The most SUSPENSEFUL part.

After this, everything begins to change.

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Occurs AFTER THE CLIMAX as the characters work toward resolution (ending). Conflict unravels and the character wins or loses.

Ask: How do they start to FIX the conflict?

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Inciting Incident

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5