Plot Vocabulary

What happens in the story is

• Characters

• Sequence of events

• Plot

• Setting

Answer explanation

Look at your notes - The plot is what happens in a story.

The beginning of a story is called

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

Answer explanation

Look at the plot diagram in your notes.

The part of the story when the tension settles and the story moves toward an ending

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

Answer explanation

Look at your notes.

The conclusion of the story

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

Answer explanation

Look at your notes.

The most intense part of the story or the turning point

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

Answer explanation

Look at your notes.

The part of the story when the main character's problem is revealed through a series of connected evetns

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Climax

Answer explanation

Look at your notes.

Another word for introduction is

(this is when the characters and setting are revealed)

• Resolution

• Ending

• Climax

• Exposition

A state of excitement, nervousness, or building tension is

• Conflict

• Problem

• Suspense

• Conclusion

A struggle on a problem in a story is

• Suspense

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Exposition

Another word for resolution is

• conclusion

• beginning

• conflict

• exposition