RL.7.3 7.6.A 7.6.B

Common Core Standards Plot
Grade:	7th Grade
Standard:	Literacy.RL.7.3
Description:	Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Standard:	7.6.A
Description:	explain the influence of the setting on plot development
Standard:	7.6.B
Description:	analyze the development of the plot through the internal and external responses of the characters, including their motivations and conflicts

Plot: A plot is the events that happen in a story. The author puts different events in an order based on the plot.

A plot is made of different parts and events. Understanding a character and what he or she does is easier when we understand the plot and its different parts.

Here are the parts of a story's plot:

Exposition: the part of the plot that gives background information about the character
Rising action: the events that happen at the beginning, before the turning point
Conflict/problem: the problem that is faced by a character or characters
Climax/turning point: the part of the plot in which the events get the most exciting
Resolution: the final part of the plot in which the problem is solved
Falling action/Denouement: the final part of the plot which takes place after the climax

Common Core Standards

Plot

Literacy.RL.7.3

Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).

7.6.A

explain the influence of the setting on plot development

7.6.B

analyze the development of the plot through the internal and external responses of the characters, including their motivations and conflicts