Stages of a Plot

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?

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

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

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Stage one in plot is called the _______________.

• exposition

• resolution

• climax

• rising action

A typical plot has __________ separate stages.

• three

• four

• five

• six

Stage two in plot is called the _____________________.

• resolution

• falling action

• rising action

• climax

Stage three in plot is called the ____________________.

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

• exposition

Stage four in plot is called _____________.

• falling action

• resolution

• exposition

• climax

Stage five in plot is called _________________.

• climax

• exposition

• resolution

• falling action

The _______________ is the turning point in the story and the moment of greatest suspense. It presents the conflict at its most intense and dramatic.

• climax

• exposition

• falling action

• resolution