Name: ________________________________________

NOTES: 9/15/14

Setting : Where the story takes place and the time in which
it takes place It sets the __________________and
__________________for the scene

Plot: The__________________, what is happening, or the

series of events. It is the organized pattern or sequence of

events that make up a story.
Exposition: the part of the story that
______________________ important background
information: for example the setting, the events that
happened before the story begins, the characters
back story

Rising action: a series of _____________________that

build toward the point of greatest interest (climax),
the building suspense

Climax: the _________________ ____________________of

the story, highest intensity or drama
Falling action: occurs after the___________________
and the conflict is resolved.
Resolution/denouement: (pronounced: day- newmaw) the final ____________________ and clarification
of a dramatic or narrative plot

Characters: the ____________________ in the story who carry

out the events

Conflict: the __________________ in the plot, it creates the

drama

Theme: the __________________ idea, topic, and central belief

of the story. It can be abstract (an idea or concept like
friendship)