Exploring Plot

Question 1

plot structure`

Answer 1

1. plot structure is one of the most fundamental aspects of fiction
2. a plot map shows the order of the plot structure

Question 2

exposition: background information

Answer 2

introduce characters and usually setting

Question 3

inciting incident

Answer 3

the event that creates the friction of the story

Question 4

rising action

Answer 4

continues the tension that the inciting incident began and works towards the climax

Question 5

climax: turning point

Answer 5

A. the part of the story in which events have changed

B. Sometimes seems as the most exciting part of the story but is not always so

Question 6

falling action: the events that follow the climax

Answer 6

A. Is often a very short part of the story

B. Sometimes there is no falling action and the author may end the story after the climax

Question 7

resolution

Answer 7

the ultimate resolve of the story

Question 8

Which best describes the setting of “Three Girls”?

Answer 8

A quaint used book store in New York

Question 9

What is the time frame of “Three Girls”?

Answer 9

the 1950’s

Question 10

According to the highlighted section in “Three Girls,” why couldn’t Marilyn Monroe be like the other two girls in the story?

Answer 10

Marilyn had entered “history” and there was no way back

Question 11

the phase of a fictional text that builds up to the climax is called the

Answer 11

rising action

Question 12

which of the following includes the proper order of plot structure from the beginning to the end of the story

Answer 12

exposition, rising action, falling action

Question 13

the turning point in a piece

Answer 13

climax

Question 14

which of the following plot elements continues the tension that the inciting incident began and works towards the climax

Answer 14

rising action

Question 15

what function does the rising action serve?

Answer 15

it continues events after the inciting incident and leads to the climax