A focus on setting and plot

1. LITERARY
ELEMENTS

2. LITERARY ELEMENT:
SETTING
Setting: The time and place of the
story

3. LITERARY ELEMENT:
PLOT
Plot: The sequence or order of events in
a story
Contains 5 parts:
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

4. Exposition:
The beginning of the story
3 main elements are introduced:
1. Setting
2. Characters
3. First main event
LITERARY ELEMENT:
PLOT

5. LITERARY ELEMENT:
PLOT
Rising Action:
• When the conflict increases
• Leads up to main event
(climax)

6. LITERARY ELEMENT:
PLOT
Climax:
• The highest point of action
• The turning point of the story
• The moment of greatest
interest

7. LITERARY ELEMENT:
PLOT
Falling action:
• The events after the climax
where the conflict decreases
• The story calms down

8. LITERARY ELEMENT:
PLOT
Resolution:
• The end of the story
• The conflict is resolved

9. LITERARY ELEMENT:
PLOT

10. LITERARY ELEMENT:
PLOT

11. IDENTIFY EACH STEP OF
PLOT IN THE STORY
BELOW.
Lacy stood nervously on stage. She had to
sing well tonight to impress the talent scout. She
looked out to the audience against the bright lights
and found the scout perched on the front row.
Lacy took a deep breath to begin, but stopped.
The microphone was not working. She boldly
stepped past the microphone and belted out her
first note. Her voice soared. When she finished,
she peeked at the scout, who had an eyebrow
raised. To Lacy’s relief, she got a message the next
day from the talent scout saying, “We’d love to
offer you a contract!”

12. Exposition:
Lacy stood nervously on stage.
Rising Action:
She had to sing well tonight to impress the talent scout. She
looked out to the audience against the bright lights and found the
scout perched on the front row. Lacy took a deep breath to begin,
but stopped. The microphone was not working.
Climax:
She boldly stepped past the microphone and belted out her first
note. Her voice soared.
Falling Action:
When she finished, she peeked at the scout, who had an eyebrow
raised.
Resolution:
To Lacy’s relief, she got a message the next day from the talent
scout saying, “We’d love to offer you a contract!”