Plot STAAR

Match the following

• Box 5

• rising action

• Box 3

• exposition

• Box 2

• climax

• Box 1

• resolution

• Box 4

• falling action

Turning point in a story; moment of greatest suspense; most intense or dramatic moment.

• rising action

• exposition

• climax

• conflict

The main problem within a story is called the ______.

• Setting

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Protagonist 

The events leading up to the climax are called _____

• Falling action

• Rising action

• Conflict

• Exposition

The events following the climax leading to towards the resolution are called ______.

• Resolution

• Conflict

• Rising action

• Falling action

When the story ends and resolves in some way, it is called the _____

• Resolution

• Cliff hanger

• Exposition

• Falling action

The "turning point" or point of most suspense in a story is called the _____.

• Falling action

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

When writer gives an advance hint, or prediction, of what is to come later in the story.

• Antagonist

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Foreshadow

A scene in a literary text set in a time earlier than the main story

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Dialogue

• Monologue

How does the setting advance the plot? What is this question asking you to do?

• To choose the answer choice that explains how the conflict is causing the plot of the story to move forward.

• To choose the answer that shows how the character's actions are causing the plot of the story to move forward.

• To choose the answer choice that shows how the mood is causing the plot of the story to move forward.

• To choose the answer choice that explains how the setting of the story is causing the plot to move forward.