Story Elements: Plot

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

how the author arranges events to develop their basic idea; it is the sequence of events in a story or play. The plot is a planned, logical series of events having a beginning, middle, and end

Question 2

introduction

Answer 2

The beginning of the story where the characters and the setting is revealed.

Question 3

inciting force

Answer 3

The moment in the story where the conflict in the story is introduced

Question 4

rising action

Answer 4

story becomes complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed.

Question 5

crisis

Answer 5

the moment where your protagonist is placed into such a tight spot that he or she has to choose, and importantly, that decision carries so much weight that there is no turning back from it.

Question 6

climax

Answer 6

This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story. (what will happen next?)

Question 7

falling action

Answer 7

The events and complications begin to resolve themselves.

Question 8

resolution/denoument

Answer 8

This is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.