Plot Elements Review

This is the beginning of the story.
It is where we learn about the characters, setting, and the main problems.

The rising action is the majority of the story.
- Characters begin working to overcome the conflict.
- Characters develop and grow.
- Side Stories and Smaller Conflicts.

- The climax can be debated.
- You could look at it a few ways...
- The climax is the most 'exciting' point.
- The climax is the 'turning' point.
- The climax is when the conflict begins to be resolved.

• Complete the Story

• Loose Ends are Tied

• Side Stories are Concluded

• aka "Denouement"

• Conclusion of Conflict

• A New Normal or a Return to Normal

The beginning of the story introduces the setting, main characters, and starts to introduce the conflict.

​​Exposition

As the conflict becomes more involved in the story, more actions from characters occur, building up.

​​Rising Action

Eventually the characters have to face the conflict. In the climax, they decide how they will solve their problem.

​​Climax

Falling action is the part of the story where we see what happens after the problem solves.
The resolution wraps up any other points in the story.

​​Falling Action/Resolution

Hints or clues about what will happen later in a story

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• creates suspense​

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Foreshadowing

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The plot is interrupted to recreate an event of an earlier time

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• explains how past affects the present​

• gives more info about characters​

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Flashback

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