Plot, suspense and characterisation

The main events, actions, and storyline of a narrative work.

• setting

• characters

• plot

• narrative

• story

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

The stage of a plot that provides background information about the main

characters, the setting, the plot, or other elements of the narrative.

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The most exciting part of a storyline, often depicted by a confrontation between the

protagonist and antagonist.

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

It occurs after the climax and the falling action. It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the conflict is resolved.

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The stage of the plot after the inciting incident. This is when the plot develops and the tension builds. Often suspense is evoked here.

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax. This portion of the plot helps deflate the tension and gives the character time to unwind after the emotional scene.

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

When a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs. It happens within them, and it drives their development as a character.

• Indirect Conflict

• External conflict.

• Climax

• Internal conflict

• Direct conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A type of conflict that places characters at odds with forces outside themselves, and sometimes beyond their control. These forces stand in the way of a character's motivations and create tension as the character tries to reach their goals.

• Indirect Conflict

• External conflict.

• Characterisation

• Internal conflict

• Direct conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets.

• Indirect characterization

• External conflict.

• Internal characterization

• Internal conflict

• Direct characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, thoughts, looks etc.

• Indirect characterization

• External conflict.

• Internal characterization

• Internal conflict

• Direct characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3