Plot Diagram ELA

Where and when a story takes place.

• climax

• setting

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

All of the information the reader need to know

before the story begins. Who are the characters?

What is the problem? What is the setting?

• characters

• plot

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

All of the events in the story leading up to the

climax. The tension in the story is building.

• falling action

• rising action

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The turning point in the story. The tension is

at its highest point in the story.

• conflict

• climax

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

All of the events after the climax. The tension

of the story comes down.

• conflict

• falling action

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

How is the problem/conflict in the story

solved?

• resolution

• exposition

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The problem in the story.

• conflict

• climax

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

People or animals that are in the story.

• setting

• characters

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is number 1 on the plot diagram?

• resolution

• falling action

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is number 2 on the plot diagram?

• conflict

• falling action

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3