Identifying Plot Elements

Which word describes what happens in a story?

• Ending

• Plot

• Character

• Setting

When do you usually meet main characters?

• In the end

• During the conflict

• In the solution

• In the exposition

Which story’s plot is MOST LIKELY about a character facing nature?

• "Avery and the Desert"

• "The Secret House"

• "The Loud Neighbor"

• "Levi finds a Friend"

The events in the plot usually build up to an important event called a CLIMAX. What is a CLIMAX?

• the time and place the story happens

• the most exciting point in the story

• the people or animals in the story

• the lesson or moral taught in the story

Which part of a story's plot introduces the characters, setting, and central conflict?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Which part of a story's plot builds or complicates the central conflict?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Which part of a story's plot shows the point of greatest tension and/or marks a turning point?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Which part of a story's plot describes the effects of the climax?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Which part of a story's plot shows the final outcome?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

In the story of the Three Little Pigs, which of the following fits into the exposition?

• Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. The pigs lived in a small house with their mum. One day, their mum sent them off to build houses of their own.

• Then, one day, a big bad wolf came walking along the road. He saw the first little pig in his straw house. With an evil glint in his eye, he knocked on the first little pig’s door.

• The wolf huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and he huffed, but he could not blow down the brick house. As quick as a flash, he climbed up on to the roof and into the chimney.

• With a loud howl, the foolish wolf jumped out of the pot, ran out of the house, and off down the road! The three little pigs cheered loudly.

• The big bad wolf was never seen again, and the three little pigs lived happily ever after!