Falling Action

Which one is falling action ?

• After Hansel and Gretel escaped the forest they lived happily ever after.

• Michael is a main character from Portland, Maine

• Kevin was nervous about going to school tomorrow

• After Tom's surgery he was feeling better

What is Falling Action ?

• When the story gets interesting

• When the problem is solved

• The conflict

• When the story is coming to an end

What is the order of the following ?

• Climax, Resolution, Exposition, Falling Action

• Exposition, Rising Action, Falling Action, Climax

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action

• None of the above

How do falling actions affect the plot

• Falling action wraps up the narrative, resolves its loose ends, and leads toward the closure.

• It introduces characters and setting to the plot

• It's when the story starts to get interesting

• It doesn't affect the plot

Falling Action is after the climax

• True

• False

Which one describes falling action?

• in which the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced

• in which the effects of the climax become clear

• the point of greatest tension

• in which the end of the story reveals the final outcome

Which describes falling action?

• Falling action and resolution is the part of the story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out

• Resolution is the part of the story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out

• Falling Action is the part of the story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out

• All are False

The opposite of falling action is rising action, which occurs before the climax and in which the story's main conflict unfolds and tension builds

• True

• False

Why is falling action an important part of the plot ?

• Because it draws the story to a close and satisfies the reader.

• It's not important

• It sets up the climax

• It introduces the character

How many stages are in a plot diagram

• Too many to count

• 5

• 4

• 6