Plot, Theme, and Setting

Label the 6 major parts of a plot on this Plot-Line graphic

a

b

d

f

e

c

Rising Action

Climax

Exposition

Conflict

Resolution

Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Match the following words related to PLOT with their definitions

• introduces the MAIN conflict

• Inciting Incident

• beginning of literary work

• Plot

• sequence of events in a literary work

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Match the following words related to PLOT with their definitions

• the increase of conflict in a story

• Development

• all of the events leading to climax

• Rising Action

• highest point of interest or suspense

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Match the following words related to PLOT with their definitions

• all the events after the climax

• Denouement

• events that occur after the resolution

• Resolution

• end of the MAIN conflict

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the literary definition of THEME?

• The setting where a story takes place

• The protagonist's main goal

• The central message/insight revealed through a story

• The sequence of events in a story

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the literary definition of SETTING?

• The primary conflict of a story

• The time or place in which a story unfolds

• The character's internal thoughts or emotions

• The The central message/insight revealed through a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3