Stories and Retelling
3rd Grade Reading · 20 lessons
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- 1The Plot Mountain: Five Parts of a StoryMost stories follow a shape: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
- 2Conflict: The Problem That Drives the PlotA story's conflict is the struggle that keeps the plot moving.
- 3Rising Action: How Each Event Raises the StakesEvents in the rising action build tension step by step toward the climax.
- 4Spotting the ClimaxThe climax is the moment where the conflict comes to a head and something must change.
- 5Falling Action and Resolution: How Stories SettleAfter the climax, the story shows the results and ties up loose ends.
- 6How Events Connect: Story Cause and EffectEvents in a story are linked; one event causes the next.
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