Practice with plot elements

In the village dwelt the shoemaker's mother. She sat down one day and made out of some old pieces of red cloth a pair of little shoes; they were clumsy enough, certainly, but they fitted the little girl tolerably well, and she gave them to her. The little girl's name was Karen.

• characters

• rising action

• conflict

Answer explanation

The shoemaker's mother and Karen are characters that are introduced in the exposition.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

FAR out in the wide sea,—where the water is blue as the loveliest cornflower, and clear as the purest crystal, where it is so deep that very, very many church-towers must be heaped one upon another in order to reach from the lowest depth to the surface above,—dwell the Mer-people. 

• character

• climax

• setting

Answer explanation

Wide sea, blue water, deep, lowest depth are all words to explain the setting - where the story takes place.

Cinderella obeyed, but wept, because she too would have liked to go to the dance with them. She begged her stepmother to allow her to go. "You, Cinderella?" she said. "You, all covered with dust and dirt, and you want to go to the festival?. You have neither clothes nor shoes, and yet you want to dance!"

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

Answer explanation

This is the rising action because Cinderella is setting up the problem by asking to go to the ball. This is in the beginning of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

At last, he was so out of breath that he couldn't huff and he couldn't puff anymore. So he stopped to rest and thought a bit. But this was too much. The wolf danced about with rage and swore he would come down the chimney and eat up the little pig for his supper.

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

Answer explanation

This is the climax because it is the height of action. Something has to happen. The story can not continue without an action to bring a solution to the problem. The wolf has to either get in where the pigs are or the pigs need to get the wolf to leave them alone.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Then she seated herself on a stool, drew her foot out of the heavy wooden shoe, and put it into the slipper, which fitted like a glove. And when she rose up and the king's son looked at her face he recognized the beautiful maiden who had danced with him and cried, that is the true bride.

• rising action

• climax

• falling aciton

Answer explanation

This is the falling action because the Prince found who the slipper belonged to. This will lead to the resolution of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Rapunzel gets out of the tower and marries the prince.

• conflict

• resolution

• setting

Answer explanation

This is the resolution becaue Rapunzel marrying the Prince ties up the loose ends. This is how the story concludes. The problem of Rapunzel in the tower is now resolved.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Characters are against each other. Good vs evil. The three little pigs against the wolf.

• conflict - person vs person

• conflict - person vs self

• conflict - person vs society

Answer explanation

This is person vs person because the little pigs are against the wolf. The wolf is seen as bad and the pigs are seen as good.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A character is making a difficult decision. For example, in A Christmas Carol, Scrooge deciding if he will share his fortune with those he cares about. 

• Conflict - person vs person

• Conflict - person vs self

• Conflict - person vs society

Answer explanation

Scrooge is fighting a battle within himsef. He is trying to make a difficult decision for himself. That is what happens in person vs self.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Character going against what everyone else does. For example, King Arthur decided that knights should have a code they live by rather than how it has always been. 

• Conflict- person vs person

• Conflict - person vs self

• Conflict - person vs society

Answer explanation

In character vs society, the character is going up against what society or the government or a powerful entity wants. King Arthur is changing how things have been done therefore he is going aginst society.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3