Story and Plot Elements Matching

Match the word to its definition.

• setting

• the character in conflict with the protagonist

• antagonist

• complications

• protagonist

• the time and place of a story

• plot

• the events of a story

• the main problem in a story

• the main character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Match the following:

• complications

• 
• plot

• 
• antagonist

• 
• setting

• 
• protagonist

• 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Put the plot events in order.

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Put the story in order.

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10