Story elements Flocabulary, Story Elements (pick PLOT, time 3:41)
PLOT- Sequence of events in a story Beginning- Exposition Middle- Rising Action and Climax End- Falling Action and Resolution Plot Structure
Beginning -Exposition Exposition introduction Introduces characters and setting Sets mood, tone, and atmosphere
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)
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
End: Falling Action Occurs after climax Ties up loose ends May provide a resolution to main conflict
Resolution End of the story: Aladdin
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: __________________________________________________________________________________________