Plot Review
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English
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5th - 9th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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18 Slides • 23 Questions
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Story Elements and Plot
ESOL II and III
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Every story has the same pattern.
Problem starts
Problem gets worse
Problem is solved
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Open Ended
What do we call the events that happen in a story?
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Parts of the Plot
Exposition (Introduction)
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution (Denouement)
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Exposition
Beginning of the story
Introduces characters and setting
Not very exciting yet
A few events (usually the first chapter of a book)
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Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of the exposition?
To introduce the characters and setting
To make the story more exciting
To bring the story to a conclusion
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Multiple Choice
Setting is:
when and where the story takes place
the people, animals, or things in a story
Umm I don't know!!!
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a part of a setting?
It was a dark and stormy night.
Mary had bright blue eyes and a dazzling smile
In a kingdom far, far away, a long time ago…
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Inciting Incident
The event that starts the problem or conflict
First thing to go wrong
ONE event (one sentence or paragraph in a book)
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Multiple Choice
How is the inciting incident related to the problem, or conflict, in the story?
It starts the problem.
It makes the problem worse.
It solves the problem.
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Multiple Choice
What is the problem in the story:
Hi, my name is Emily. I gave my sister my jacket, but she lost it! I am so mad!
Her name is Emily.
She has a sister.
Her sister lost her jacket.
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Multiple Choice
It is the part of the plot where the problem/ conflict is starting to be solved
falling action
climax
rising action
resolution
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Rising Action
Events that make the problem get worse and worse
Story gets more and more exciting
Takes up MOST of the story
MANY events (most of the chapters in a book)
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Multiple Choice
During the rising action, the problem...
Gets started
Gets worse and worse
Gets better
Is solved
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Multiple Choice
The rising action takes up how much of the story?
A little bit
Half
Most of it
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Climax
The turning point
Problem is at its worst - after this, things will start getting better
Can be the most exciting part
ONE event near the end of the story
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Multiple Choice
How is the climax related to the problem of the story?
The problem is just getting started
The problem is getting worse and worse
The problem is at its worst (turning point)
The problem is solved
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Multiple Choice
Where in the story would the climax be found?
At the beginning
Near the end
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Falling Action
Problem is wrapping up
Story gets a little less exciting
A few events - last chapter or two of a book
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Multiple Choice
How is the falling action related to the problem of the story?
The problem is getting started.
The problem is getting worse.
The problem is starting to wrap up, or come to a solution.
The problem is solved.
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Resolution
Solution to the problem
Very end of the story
"Happily ever after"
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Multiple Choice
How is the resolution related to the problem of the story?
The problem is getting started.
The problem is getting worse.
The problem is starting to wrap up, or come to a solution.
The problem is solved.
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Multiple Choice
Why do we learn about plot?
It helps us to understand stories better.
It helps us to find books that we may have lost.
No reason
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Characters
any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work.
Characters can have many traits that change and grow over time just like people in real life.
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Characters can be:
The Protagonist
the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
The Antagonist
A character in a story who opposes, or goes against the protagonist.
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Multiple Choice
Who is typically the good guy in the story?
protagonist
antagonist
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Multiple Choice
A superhero must save a group of hikers.
The superhero is the ____________________ of this story.
antagonist
protagonist
complication
setting
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Multiple Choice
Identify the following elements of a story.
A girl is about to win a bicycle race when she gets a flat tire.
antagonist
complication
setting
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Multiple Choice
Who is typically the bad guy in the story?
protagonist
antagonist
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Multiple Choice
An evil witch tries to capture a princess.
The witch is the ___________________.
antagonist
protagonist
complication
setting
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Multiple Choice
5. Who is the protagonist in this story?
The boar
The lion
The vultures
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Multiple Choice
Which is not a part of the plot of this story?
a. The boar makes his way to the stream.
b. The dessert is hot and dry.
c. The lion and the boar fight.
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Multiple Choice
What is the protagonist’s goal in this story?
a. To get a drink of water
b. To protect the stream
c. To defeat the lion
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Multiple Choice
What complication does the boar encounter?
a. He is thirsty.
b. He notices the vultures.
c. The lion is between him and the stream.
Story Elements and Plot
ESOL II and III
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