Literary Plot Elements

What is the introduction and background of a story or poem called?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which plot element involves increased tension?

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The most intense, exciting, or important point of something is known as the ____.

• Resolution

• Climax

• Exposition

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

When the problem gets solved in a story, it is called the ____.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

A bridge between the resolution and conclusion that helps end the story is known as ____.

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Exposition

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the end of a story or poem called?

• Exposition

• Conclusion

• Climax

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a warning of future events in a story called?

• Foreshadow

• Climax

• Resolution

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The people, animals, or other creatures in a story are known as ____.

• Plot

• Characters

• Setting

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The arrangements of events in a story are referred to as the ____.

• Plot

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The geographic place(s) and time(s) a story takes place is called the ____.

• Setting

• Climax

• Exposition

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3