Plot elements

The time and place of a story

• Setting

• Characterization

• Irony

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Used at the beginning of a story and provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

• Resolution

• Dialogue

• Character

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

A struggle between two opposing forces (can be internal or external)

• Conflict

• Irony

• Characterization

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

• Conflict

• Climax

• Flashback

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The end of the story where loose ends are tied up

• Exposition

• Flashback

• Resolution

• Point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

• Theme

• Falling action

• Flashback

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Conversations between characters

• Conflcit

• Foreshadow

• Character

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the message, or life lesson the author wants the reader to learn

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2