Elements of Plot

Plot is

• Events that make up a story
• The exploding part of story/ turning point of story
• setting and characters
• the solution to the problem

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Climax is... 

• Events that make up a story
• The exploding part of story/ turning point of story
• setting and characters
• the solution to the problem

The resolution is... 

• problem in story
• The exploding part of story/ turning point of story
• setting and characters
• the solution to the problem

What is the Time and Place of the Story?

• Rising Action
• Plot
• Conflict
• Setting

What is the lesson, message, or moral of a story?

• exposition
• theme
• plot
• rising action

The exposition...

• Introduces the reader to the characters and setting
• Is the part of the story where a character changes
• Is the part of the story when the conflict is resolved
• Is the part of the story where the events help the reader understand what the conflict is

The rising action of the plot...

• is the series of events that help the reader understand the conflict.
• show a change in the main character.
• show how the problem is resolved.
• is the theme.

Which of the following could NEVER be a theme of a story?

• Always try your best.
• Hard work pays off
• Never trust a wolf dressed like an old lady 
• True friends help each other in times of need.

The part of the story that ties up all the loose ends and takes care of the conflict

• the climax
• the theme
• the resolution
• the introduction

The person who tells the story is the 

• character
• setting
• point of view
• narrator