Plot, Character, and Setting

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

• resolution

• rising action

• falling action

• exposition

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

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Which questions about the story will the setting answer?

• What is the author's attitude toward the characters?

• Where and when does the story take place?

• Who are the people the story is about?
  Why and why did the author write the story?

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch

• happy and loving 

• a high school in 1956

• love is stronger than fear

"Joy never wants to share her toys. When her friends come over, she never gives them a chance to play with any of them." Which character trait best describes Joy?

• generous

• selfish

• smart

• kind

Who are the characters in this story?

• The woods

• The pigs and wolf

• The  wolf blows the house down

Dory and Marlin are___________ in the movie Finding Nemo.

• A setting 

• Characters 

• The plot

Which detail from the text provides a clue to the place where this passage takes place?

• “Once in the wood…"

• “A large blue caterpillar..”

• “...get back to her right size again...”

• “...with its arms folded”

Read the following passage: As Maribelle hurried down the street, the wind swept the snow along the sidewalk and hid her footsteps, so that it looked as if no one had passed. Above her, the cold, silent skyscrapers of the city loomed. The whole block was eerily silent in the snowstorm, and she pulled her coat tightly around her. Maribelle had only moved here a few months before. She came because she wanted to be a singer. But right now, she was frightened. Which detail from the passage indicate the setting?

• “Above her, the cold, silent skyscrapers of the city loomed.”

• “Maribelle had only moved here a few months before.”

• “But right now, she was frightened.”

• “She came because she wanted to be a singer.”

Setting can also affect the plot, or the events that make up the story or novel. Some plots can take place only in certain times and places.
Which option describes a plot that can only take place in a specific setting?

• A selfish child tries to be a better person.

• A young woman falls in love with her family’s enemy.

• A ship’s captain chases a whale across the sea.
  

• A poor, hardworking woman becomes a successful chef.