Plot Elements
This is also known as the introduction of the story. It includes the Who, What, When, Where, and sometimes Why, in the story.
What is Exposition?
Her smile was as bright as the sun
What is a smilie
the text relates events in the order they happened.
What is chronological/sequential order?
This is the end of the story, where everything finally wraps up.
What is Resolution?
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What is a dictionary?
This is the turning point, the most intense moment—either mentally or in action
What is Climax?
You make me crazy!
What is a hyperbole.
the text explains similarities and/or differences
What is compare/contrast
This is the when and where a story takes place.
What is Setting?
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What is a theasurus?
This is the is the struggle between two forces in a story.
What is Conflict?
Peter picked a bushel of pickles.
What is alliteration.
the text explains how one event or circumstance causes or leads to another
What is cause-effect?
This conflict is felt in your heart.
What is Internal conflict?
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What is a glossary?
This happens between the climax and the resolution. Things start to wrap up in this phase.
What is Falling Action?
Snap, crackle, pop
What is onomatopoeia.
the text explains a problem and how it can be solved.
What is problem and solution?
This conflict is with an outside source.
What is external conflict?
This forms a word element that is placed after the root word.
What is a suffix?
This happens between the exposition and the climax.
What is Rising Action?
Kyle is a bear when he wakes in the morning.
Who is a metaphor.
the text defines or explains defines or explains a concept, a situation, or an idea
What is generalization?
This is a series of related events in the story.
What is plot?
This forms a word element that is placed before the root word.
What is a prefix?