Plot and Conflict

What is plot?

• the group of characters in the story

• the series of related events that drive a story

• the message of the story

• the author's thoughts about the story

What plot element is the most intense moment in the story?

• exposition

• rising actions

• climax

• falling actions

• resolution

What plot element is when the story ties together all of the plot events and conflicts?

• exposition

• rising actions

• climax

• falling actions

• resolution

What plot element is the series of actions and reactions that lead to the peak of the story?

• exposition

• rising actions

• climax

• falling actions

• resolution

What plot element contains the events that unfold following the peak of the story?

• exposition

• rising actions

• climax

• falling actions

• resolution

What plot element has the background information about the characters and setting?

• exposition

• rising actions

• climax

• falling actions

• resolution

What plot element is considered the turning point of the story?

• exposition

• rising actions

• climax

• falling actions

• resolution

Chronological plots contain... (check all that apply)

• events that unfold in the order they happened

• serve to provide additional information about a character

• Are common in modern entertainment

• one plot that is dominant

Flashbacks contain... (check all that apply

• events that unfold in the order they happened

• usually serve to provide additional information about a character

• two or more plots in the same story

• events that have already happened that interrupt the normal chronology of the story

Parallel plots contain... (check all that apply)

• two or more plots in the same story

• a common character, setting, or theme

• are common in modern entertainment

• one dominant plot