Plot Diagram
Plot Diagram 2
Character
Story Elements
Story Elements 2
100

Background information that introduces the story.

What is the exposition?

100
The Resolution
What is the conclusion of the story where loose ends are tied up.
100
A person, animal, or creature who takes part in the action of a story.
What is character?
100

Words that have similar meaning

What is a synonym?

100
The Resolution
What is the conclusion of the story where loose ends are tied up?
200

What is included in the exposition? (list at least 1)

Setting and Characters 

200
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
200
A description of a character’s personality: honest, brave, persistent, etc.
What is character trait?
200

Give a synonym of the word "happy"

*teacher discretion*

200

The speaker who tells the story.

What is the narrator?

300
Rising Action
What is the part of the story in which the tension rises?
300
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
300

What part of the plot diagram are characters introduced?

Exposition 

300

Give a synonym of the word "begin"

*Teacher discretion*

300
The problem in the story, a struggle for the character.
What is conflict?
400
The highest point of conflict in the story.
What is climax?
400

What is story element relates to where and when?

Setting

400
The main character in the story who causes or is at the center of most of the action.
What is the protagonist?
400
A general lesson about life that one learns from the story.
What is theme?
400
Internal Conflict (character vs. self)
When a a character struggles with himself/herself, that is an example of what?
500
The events that occur after the climax and lead to the resolution.
What is falling action?
500

What part of the plot diagram is often considered the most exciting?

Climax

500
The character or force that opposes the main character.
What is antagonist?
500

What are the three reasons an author writes? (Hint: PIE)

Persuade, entertain, inform 

500
A character struggles with others or with the outside world.
What is external conflict?
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