Plot Structure
Types of Conflict
Plot Elements
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The most exciting part of the story, a turning point

What is Climax?

100

Someone trying to set up a tent and being rained on is an example of this type of conflict

What is man vs. nature

100
The time and place of a story
What is setting
100

The part of plot right before the rising action

What is exposition?

100
the main character in the story called?
What is protagonist
200
the action that follows the climax
What is falling action?
200

Two students having an argument is an example of this type of conflict

What is Man vs. Man

200

The people the story is all about

What is main characters?

200

The events of a story leading up to a climax

What is rising action?

200
What comes first in a story, the exposition or the rising action
What is exposition
300
the author's introduction to the characters, setting, and situation
What is exposition?
300

When the antagonist is a person, what type of conflict occurs

What is man vs man?

300
The big idea or lesson in a story
What is theme?
300

What comes first, the rising action or the climax

What is the climax?

300

Adam can't make a decision for several hours. This is what type of conflict?

What is man vs. self?

400
the part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict
What is resolution
400

What type of conflict occurs when the protagonist struggles against weather, survival, wildlife, etc?

What is Man vs. Nature

400
the struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
400
Mary and Lisa decide they have learned their lesson and walk straight home without any stops from that day on. This part of the story is the
What is resolution
400
What comes first the climax or falling action
What is climax?
500

the part of the plot that leads up to the climax

What is rising action?

500

What type of conflict occurs when the protagonist struggles against a group of people or laws

What is man vs society

500

the part of a story where things are almost wrapped up

What is falling action?

500
At the beginning of a story, you learn that Jack is an adventurous young man who loves mountain biking.
What is exposition
500
Name the five elements of plot in order
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
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