Plot Elements

What are characters?

• what the story is about

• the setting in a story

• the main theme in a story

• a person or people in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the plot?

• The plot is the sequence of events that make up a story.
• The plot is the moral lesson of the story.
• The plot is the main character's name.
• The plot is the setting of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the setting?

• The time and place of a story.

• When the story takes place.

• Where the story takes place.

• The main character's journey.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the exposition in a story?

• the ending of the story.

• how the characters try to solve the problem.

• the solution to the problem in the story.

• the beginning of the story that gives information about the characters and setting.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is rising action?

• the main character's introduction

• the main parts of the story that includes the problem

• the final resolution of the story

• the ending of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the climax of a story?

• the introduction of the main characters

• the resolution of the story's conflict

• the setting where the story takes place

• the turning point in a story where the main conflict reaches its highest intensity.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is falling action?

• the beginning of the story

• the main conflict of the story

• when the characters try to solve the problem after the climax

• the solution to the problem or ending of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the resolution of a story?

• the ending of the story where the problem is solved

• the main character's journey

• the introduction of the story

• the main problem of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4