Across
- 2. is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story.
- 4. This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs.
- 5. _______ a scene that interrupts the present action of the plot to shift into the future.
- 7. The story comes to a reasonable ending.
- 9. This is when there are multiple, parallel plots happening at once.
- 11. ________ are plots are not in order – they may follow more than one character, more than one event, start in the middle, or start at the end & work backwards!
- 13. All loose ends of the plot are tied up. The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of.
Down
- 1. ________ is the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
- 3. This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way.
- 6. This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story. Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict(main problem)..
- 8. This is where an author starts the story in the middle. Then, they usually go back to the beginning to explain how they got there and then finish the story.
- 10. “Linear” means ________ because the events are in order.
- 12. ________ a scene that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time.