Plot Elements Lessons

What is the exposition of a story's plot?

• the most exciting part

• when problems are solved

• the beginning: characters and setting are introduced

• the problem that starts the story's action

What takes place after the climax that prepares the story for its resolution?

• resolution

• rising action

• falling action

• exposition

A series of events that build suspense or interest are found in which section of a plot?

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution 

What is the climax of the story?

• the problem of the story

• how the problem is solved

• the time and place a story takes place

• the turning point; often the most exciting point

Turning point in a story; moment of greatest suspense; problem at most intense or dramatic moment.

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Climax

• Falling Action

Turning point in a story; moment of greatest suspense; problem at most intense or dramatic moment. It is the turning part of the story where the protagonist comes into contact with the main conflict and the story changes.

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Climax

• Falling Action

What does plot mean?

• a sequence of events in a story

• a problem between two characters

• the lessons the reader understands

• the time and place of a story

What is the conflict?

• events that lead to the most exciting part

• the most exciting part

• the sequence of events in the story

• the problem or challenge

What is plot?

• the individuals a story is about

• the events that make up a story

• who is telling the story

• the main idea the writer wants the reader to understand

Where does the exposition of a story occur?

• beginning

• middle

• end