Plot Elements

What are all the events before the climax called?

• rising action
• falling action
• resolution
• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What are the events after the climax called?

• rising action
• falling action
• exposition
• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which part of the plot
introduces the characters?

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

All the events that lead to the climax of a story are called the ___.

• conflict
• exposition
• falling action
• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The story's time and place is its ___.

• tone
• plot
• setting
• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The central, main character of a story is called the ____________.

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Antagonizer

• Instigator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The character who opposes the main character is called the __________.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Dynamic character

• Static character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The most exciting part of the story is called the _________. The height of tension or emotion/action.

• Setting

• Exposition

• Climax

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the ending of the story called?

• The Evolution
• The Elocution
• The Resolution
• The Revolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

 The Goonies: It’s 1984 and Mikey and Brandon Walsh are sad because their family must move from their apartment in Queens, NY, where they’ve lived all their lives. Rich developers have bought their neighborhood and are planning to build a golf course. Unless the brothers can find a way to raise enough money to buy back the neighborhood, they may never see their friends again. One day, Mikey discovers a treasure map! They set off with their friends to follow the map, find the treasure, and save their home. Unfortunately the map indicates that the entrance to the deep cavern where the treasure is located is under the home of an evil crime family, the Fratellis.
 What is the setting of this story? 

• 2004/New York
• 1948/New Jersey
• 1984/Queens, NY
• 2014/New York

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3