Elements of Story Plot

Which word means:

* The event in the beginning that sets the story in motion? or

* Makes the rest of the story possible?

• falling action

• climax

• inciting incident

Which word means:

Where complications arise? or

The events before the climax?

• falling action

• resolution

• rising action

The events that take place after the climax, that prepare the story for its resolution.

• rising action

• Falling action

• climax

Which word means:

The most exciting or intense part of the story?

(Usually the turning point for the main character)

• rising action

• exposition

• climax

The END of the story.

The conflicts / problems in the story are answered or

solved / the solution.

• climax

• resolution / denouement

• exposition

What word means:

The first part of the plot where the characters and setting are revealed?

• climax

• falling action

• Exposition

What is the exposition of a story?

• the end after we find out what happens to characters

• the turning point

• the introduction where characters and setting are introduced

• the best part according to the author

In what part of a story are conflicts introduced and growing?

• rising action

• climax

• exposition

• resolutio

What is the resolution of a story?

• the end where we learn the outcome and loose ends are tied up

• the turning point where the character meets his/her conflict face to face

• the introduction where we learn setting and characters

• the action that happens after the climax

Events that happen after the climax of a story are called the

• rising action

• climactic fall

• falling action

• ending action