Grades 4-7

1. Plot

2. What does “plot”
mean?
What is the plot
of a story?

3. Plot
*All stories have a
plot.
*Plot = the events that
happen in the story

4. Arrangement of events
in the story.
 Exposition – introducing the
characters, setting, & situation
Rising Action
•Events that increase action
 Climax
•High point of the story, story’s
outcome becomes clear
 Falling Action
•Events that follow the climax

Resolution
•Outcome
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5. What are the events (the plot)
in our book?
 Exposition – introducing the
characters, setting, & situation
Rising Action
•Events that increase action
 Climax
•High point of the story, story’s
outcome becomes clear
 Falling Action
•Events that follow the climax

Resolution
•Outcome

6. The plot usually has conflict:
Sometimes there are
problems in a story.
Sometimes there are “bad
guys” and “good guys.”
They are part of
the plot.

7. The plot usually has conflict:
Sometimes there are
problems in a story.
Sometimes there are “bad
guys” and “good guys.”
They are part of
the plot.