1. Heading Plot Elements Set your paper up for Cornell Notes. Directions for students As your teacher reviews the PLOT ELEMENTS that exist in a story, take notes. At the end of the presentation, answer the questions after the review slides.

2. The plot of a story is divided into 5 parts.

3. Map

4. Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action starts. EXPOSITION (introduction) Includes: Setting Characters Background information

5. Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax. RISING ACTION Description of the conflict or problem.

6. CLIMAX The turning point of the story. The “high” point in the story. The worst part of the problem Climax: the turning point of the conflict, often the most intense

7. Falling Action: all of the action which follows the climax. FALLING ACTION Steps taken to resolve the problem. How is a skier and the falling action alike? As shown on a plot map, they both go down hill.

8. Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads. RESOLUTION (conclusion) How the problem is finally solved and how the story ends.

9. Let’s review the elements that make-up the plot in a story. Answer the question(s) after each review slide.

10. Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows the arrangement of events and actions within a story. Review slide #1. Map

11. The structure of the story or plot shows A.Who wrote the story. B. The series of conflicts. C. Arrangement of events and actions within a story. D. How the problem is finally solved. C. Arrangement of events and actions within a story. The answer is

12. Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action starts. Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment—either mentally or in action. Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads. Plot Components Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax. Falling Action: all of the action which follows the climax. Review slide #2

13. Construct a PLOT MAP of your own, then label the five plot elements. Explain why the correct sequence of Plot Elements is important. The story would be terribly confusing if the plot elements were out of order. The answer is: