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1. What is plot? Plot concerns the organization of the main events in fiction.  Plots will tell all the events in a story in which characters are caught up in a conflict that is eventually resolved. 

2. Plot Diagram Climax 3 Exposition 1 2 Rising Action 4 Falling Action 5 Resolution

3. 1. Exposition Can you give me a definition for Exposition?

4. This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story. Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. This section also presents other facts necessary to understanding the story.

5. 2. Rising Action Can you give me a definition for Rising Action in story?

6. The rising action includes all the events that lead to the climax. It also presents some type of conflict.

7. 3. Climax Let’s think. What does it mean when a story reaches the climax?

8. The “high point.” This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way.

9. 4. Falling Action Can you explain just what Falling Action is all about?

10. So falling action is when all loose ends of the plot are tied up. The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of.

11. 5. Resolution Only one more now – Define resolution in a story?

12. Resolution is when all the loose ends of the story are tied up for the reader.

13. Sounds like you own this!! Let’s take the test !!