Story Element Vocabulary

a few important events that happen AFTER the turning point but BEFORE the resolution

• falling action

• climax

• plot

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

how a story ends

• falling action

• resolution

• climax

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

ALL of the action in the story until the climax/turning point; the majority of the story

• exposition

• inciting incident

• rising action

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

sometimes called "the setting" of the story; time, place, main characters

• conflict

• inciting incident

• rising action

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

sequence of events in a story

• plot

• exposition

• conflict

• story element chart

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

the point of heightened action/emotion in a story

• rising action

• exposition

• turning point

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the point in the story where the main character "pivots" or changes direction through actions or emotions

• turning point

• climax

• conflict

• internal conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a problem or struggle between a character and someone of something outside the character

• internal conflict

• conflict

• external conflict

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

also called a plot line graphic organizer which shows all of the major parts of the story in order including the setting and conflicts

• exposition

• turning point

• plot

• story element chart

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the problems or struggles in a story

• climax

• conflict

• rising action

• inciting incident

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4