Plot Diagram Vocabulary & Definitions

What is the beginning of the story where the setting, characters, and main situation are introduced called?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

• Conflict

What is the time and place in which a story takes place called?

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Conflict

Who are the people or beings who take part in the story’s events?

• Characters

• Settings

• Plots

• Themes

What is the main problem or struggle the protagonist faces called?

What are the events that build tension and lead up to the climax called?

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Exposition

What is the turning point or most intense moment of the story called?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Conflict

What are the events that follow the climax and begin to resolve the conflict called?

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

What is the conclusion where the conflict is settled, and the story ends called?

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Climax

• Rising Action

What is the type of conflict where the main character (protagonist) struggles against an opposing force (antagonist) called?

• Protagonist vs. Antagonist

• Protagonist vs. Nature

• Protagonist vs. Society

• Protagonist vs. Self

What is the message, lesson, or big idea the author wants the reader to understand called?

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

• Characterization