Plot Elements Review

What is the beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced?

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

What is the major problem in the story?

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

What is the turning point of the story? (Where the conflict is SOLVED)

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Climax

What are the events that build suspense?

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

What are the events that bring the story to an end?

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

What is the end of the story?

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Falling Action

How many events should you have for rising action on your plot maps?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How many events should you have for falling action on your plot maps?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The lesson or message of the story.

• Conflict

• Main Character

• Theme

• Resolution

What is an example of the climax in Little Red Riding Hood? (Hint: Conflict is the wolf wants to eat her and grandma.)

• The wolf eats the grandma.

• Little Red Riding Hood learns not to trust strangers.

• The woodsman carries the wolf into the woods.

• The woodsman cuts the grandma out of the wolf and saves the day.