Copy of Plot Mountain - Story Structure Overview

What story elements are usually included in the introduction?  (Choose two.)

• characters

• conflict

• theme

• setting

What element of the story is shared with the reader during the rising action?

• theme

• conflict

• climax

• resolution

What do we call the most intense part of the story?  (It is also known as the turning point of the story.)

• climax

• conflict

• character

• theme

What do we call the part of the plot in which the action of the story begins to slow down?

• introduction

• climax

• falling action

• rising action

What do we call the ending of the story in which the problem has been solved?

• theme

• figurative language

• resolution

• conflict

Which part of plot mountain includes the conflict or problem?

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

• introduction

Which part of plot mountain has the action slow down?

• climax

• falling action

• introduction

• rising action