1. Story elements
Flocabulary, Story Elements (pick PLOT, time 3:41)

2. PLOT- Sequence of events in a story
Beginning- Exposition Middle- Rising Action and Climax End- Falling Action and Resolution Plot Structure

3. Beginning -Exposition
Exposition introduction
Introduces characters and setting
Sets mood, tone, and atmosphere

4. Middle – Rising Action, includes Conflict
Introduces main conflict
Builds suspense and raises questions
When the plot develops
Longest part of the book
Conflict
EXTERNAL
Character struggles against another character or an outside force. (man vs. man, man vs. society, and man vs. nature)
INTERNAL
The struggle is within the character (man vs. self)

5. Climax Is the turning point of story
Is the moment when suspense reaches its peak
Results in some kind of change in main character
Sometimes it is towards the end of the story
Tangled

6. End: Falling Action Occurs after climax Ties up loose ends
May provide a resolution to main conflict

7. Resolution
End of the story: Aladdin

8. Story Map
Title: ____________________________ Major Character: __________________________
Minor Characters: _____________________________________________________________
9. Climax
8. _________________________________________(RA)
7. _________________________________________(RA) 10. ______________________________________(Falling Action)
6. _________________________________________(RA) 11. ______________________________________(FA)
5. _________________________________________(RA) 12. ______________________________________(FA)
4. _________________________________________(RA) 13. ______________________________________(Resolution)
3. _________________________________________(Rising Action)
2. _________________________________________(Conflict)
1. _________________________________________(Exposition)
SETTING: THEME:
Main Idea: _________________________________________________________________________________
Summary: __________________________________________________________________________________
B: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
M: _________________________________________________________________________________________
E: __________________________________________________________________________________________