Understanding Plot

What is the plot of a story?

• The plot is the description of events significant to the conflict and conflict resolution.

• Plot only applies to stories about roller coasters.

• The plot is any series of events that occurs in a story.

• The plot only applies to horror stories or movies.

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What is another term for the exposition?

• Rising Action

• Conflict resolution

• Conflict introduction

• Initiating Event

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What is the second step in the plot?

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Resolution

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What is the climax of a story?

• The turning point.

• The events leading to the resolution.

• When the conflict is resolved.

• The introduction.

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What happens at the resolution of the story?

• The conflict is resolved.

• The characters and conflict are introduced.

• The story begins to change.

• Everyone gets onto the roller coaster.

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Which statement below BEST defines a theme used in literature?

• Where and when a story takes place.

• Supporting details in an argument.

• The ideas about life the author wants to express.

• The overall feeling of the work.

• An idea that keeps coming up throughout the story.

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Longer pieces of literature can have several themes. One theme in The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play is:

• Be careful of what you wish for; you just might get it.

• Crime does not pay.

• The teen years are lonely years.

• Greed brings about mankind's downfall.

• Technology is dehumanizing society.

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The theme in The Lion and the Mouse is:

• Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it.

• A stitch in time saves nine.

• Even little friends can be a big help.

• Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

• Slow and steady wins the race.

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