Climax

The emotional high point of the story

• climax

• conflict

• monologue

• dialogue

The climax is often followed by which part of the plot?

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Falling action

• Resolution

Choose the best climax:

• A bigger dragon comes and eats him. The village is saved!.. but terrified.

• Everyone dies of the plague, so it doesn’t matter. There are no more people, or sheep, or dragons.

• The people work together to build a trap with some of their sheep. Several houses and the local church are burned, but the dragon is caught and the village is saved.

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

What takes place after the climax that prepares the story for its resolution?

• resolution

• rising action

• falling action

• exposition

the part of the story where the protagonist either succeeds or fails to resolve the conflict.

• exposition/exposición

• conflict/conflicto

• rising action/aumento de la acción

• climax/clímax

This is the turning point in a story; it is the most intense or emotional part of the story!

Este es el punto de inflexión en una historia; ¡Es la parte más intensa o emocional de la historia!

• A

  Resolution

• B

  Falling Action

• C

  Rising Action

• D

  Climax

What is the climax in a story?

• The beginning of the story

• The turning point of the story

• The conclusion of the story

• The introduction of characters

Which part of the story is often the most exciting or intense?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

• Falling action

In a typical plot structure, what follows the climax?

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Falling action

• Introduction