Plot Diagram #1
The part of a plot diagram where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is Exposition?
The people and animals in a story.
Who are the characters?
Point of View: Signal words me, my, mine, we, us, ours.
What is first person?
How the conflict is solved; the ending of the story.
What is resolution?
Another word for the problem of the story.
What is Conflict?
When and where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
Point of View: Signal words he, she, her, they, them.
What is third-person?
Where in the plot diagram the climax is found (beginning, middle, or end.)
What is middle?
The perspective/view from which the story is told.
What is point of view?
Point of View: Signal words you, your.
What is second person?
Where in the plot diagram the resolution is found (beginning, middle, or end.)
What is end?
Where in the plot diagram the exposition is found (beginning, middle, or end.)
What is the beginning?
The three types of point of view.
What is first, second, third-person?
The number of elements/parts in the plot diagram.
What is five?
The turning point and most exciting part of a story.
What is the climax?
Series of events that lead to the climax.
What is rising action?
Events that follow the climax and help solve the problem.
What is falling action?