Plot elements

The time and location in which a story takes place:

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Characterization

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.9C

TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

What is the climax?

• the turning point of the story
• the struggle between two characters
• the beginning of the story 
• the point when the conflict is resolved

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Read the passage. Which plot element is shown in RED.

It was dark and creepy by the campfire where Jonas and his friends were huddled. They were telling ghost stories and trying to make each story scarier than the last. Suddenly, they heard a loud crack in the woods. "What's that?" whispered Jonas. He didn't want to admit it, but he was really scared now. He could see a large shadowy figure holding a knife. "Thought you might want to toast some marshmallows," Jonas' father quietly said as he stepped into the light of the fire. He held up a bag of marshmallows in one hand and metal skewers - not a knife - in the other. Jonas and his friends were relieved. His father taught the group how to make s'mores, and they enjoyed the rest of the night.

• climax

• conclusion

• falling action

• rising action

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.8C

TEKS.ELA.3.8C

TEKS.ELA.4.8C

TEKS.ELA.5.8C

TEKS.ELA.6.7C

Read to passage. Which plot element is in RED.

The wolf was frustrated that he couldn't blow down the house of the third pig, she he tried instead to get the pig by climbing through the chimney. Surprise! He fell right into a pot of water that the little pig had on for supper. "Yum!" said the little pig. The pig invited his two brothers over. They ate a delicious wolf stew for dinner and all lived happily ever after.

• climax

• conclusion

• introduction

• rising action

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.8C

TEKS.ELA.3.8C

TEKS.ELA.4.8C

TEKS.ELA.5.8C

TEKS.ELA.6.7C

What is the classic fairy tale conclusion?

• once upon a time
• the end... or is it?
• and they lived happily ever after
• this is a story about a family 

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

A STRUGGLE or PROBLEM in the narrative.

• Climax

• Conflict

• Inciting Incident

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

A related SERIES of EVENTS that BUILD TOWARD the point of greatest interest.

Ask: What events create the conflict?

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.5

TURNING POINT in a story; the conflict or tension hits the HIGHEST point. The most SUSPENSEFUL part.

After this, everything begins to change.

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

The point at which the CONFLICT is FIGURED OUT or RESOLVED.

Does not have to be a "happy ending."

• Plot

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Provides BACKGROUND INFORMATION about the SETTING and CHARACTERS to the audience.

-Setting: Where/When

-Characters: Who/Background Knowledge

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Conflict

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9