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Plot Elements

Set your paper up for Cornell Notes.Directionsfor students

As your teacher reviews the PLOT ELEMENTS that exist in a story, take notes.

At the end of the presentation, answer the questions after the review slides.

The plot of a story is divided into 5 parts.

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Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action starts.

EXPOSITION

(introduction)

Includes:

• Setting

• Characters

• Background

information

Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax.

RISING ACTION

Description of the conflict or problem.

CLIMAX

• The turning point

of the story.

• The “high” point

in the story.

• The worst part

of the problem

Climax: the turning point of the conflict, often the most intense

Falling Action: all of the action which follows the climax.

FALLING ACTION

Steps taken to resolve the problem.

How is a skier and the falling action alike?

As shown on a plot map, they both go down hill.

Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads.

RESOLUTION

(conclusion)How the problem is finally solved and how the story ends.

Let’s review the elements that make-up the plot in a story.

Answer the question(s) after each review slide.

Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows the arrangement of events and actions within a story.

Review slide #1.

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The structure of the story or plot shows

A. Who wrote the story.

B. The series of conflicts.C. Arrangement of events and actions

within a story.

D. How the problem is finally solved.

C. Arrangement of events and actions within a story.

The answer is

Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action starts.

Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment—either mentally or in action.

Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads.

Plot Components

Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax.

Falling Action: all of the action which follows the climax.

Review slide #2

Construct a PLOT MAP of your own, then label the five plot elements.

Explain why the correct sequence of Plot Elements is important.

The story would be terribly confusing if the plot elements were out of order.

The answer is: