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plot elements
aCTIvITy 1.12
Learning Targets
• Explain how a character responds to change.
• Describe how a well-structured story plot develops.
Elements of Storytelling
Storytellers use the following elements of plot to develop and organize ideas.
Exposition: the events that give the reader background information needed to understand the story. The introduction to the story usually reveals the setting, the major characters, and the conflict.
Rising Action: the major events that develop the plot and lead to the climax Climax: the event that is the turning point in the story, at which the conflict could
be resolved in different ways
Falling Action: the events that begin to conclude the story and lead to the ending Resolution: the events that conclude the story and reveal the theme
Types of Conflict
You learned in the first part of the unit that conflict is an important part of a story. Writers reveal conflict through the dialogue and events of a story. Conflict is used to move the action forward, reveal information about characters, and create a decision or change.
The two main types of conflict are internal conflict and external conflict.
• Internal conflict occurs when a character struggles with his or her own needs, desires, or emotions.
• External conflict occurs when a character struggles with an outside force, such as another character or something in nature.
Reviewing and Analyzing a Story
Fairy Tales
Fairy tales apply familiar story ideas—such as a quest towards a goal or a rags- to-riches character arc—to the plot elements of storytelling. A rags-to-riches fairy tale involves a poor, struggling person who finds fortune or success. Cinderella is a classic example. A quest fairy tale is about a hero on a journey of adventure who achieves something important. The Lord of the Rings is a kind of quest fairy tale.
1. After your teacher reads a fairy tale aloud, summarize the story.
Word CoNNeCTIoNS
Multiple Meaning Words
A single word sometimes
has several meanings. For example, the word exposition refers to the plot of a short story. It also describes a type of writing. It may also describe a fair or public exhibit.
Word CoNNeCTIoNS
Roots and Affixes
Resolution is the noun form of resolve. The root -sol- or -solve- means “to set loose or free.” This root occurs in solution, absolution, and resolute.
The Latin prefix re- means “back” or “again.”
my Notes
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Note-taking, Graphic Organizer
Literary Terms
Plot is the sequence of related
events that make up a story.
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