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High School Story Elements Explained

The teacher is leading a lesson on story elements like exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Students correctly identify each element as the teacher maps them onto a diagram of a mountain on the board. The teacher effectively engages students through questioning to help them understand the key story elements and their order in a typical narrative structure.

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High School Story Elements Explained

The teacher is leading a lesson on story elements like exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Students correctly identify each element as the teacher maps them onto a diagram of a mountain on the board. The teacher effectively engages students through questioning to help them understand the key story elements and their order in a typical narrative structure.

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High School Story Elements Teacher and students are reviewing story elements like Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution. On the board is drawn the following figure: (0:00) Teacher: Sowhat does this remind you of? Student: A mountain. Teacher: A mountain. [Link] could someone tell me what is the first part of a story? Like what starts out a story usually? From here to here to here (points to diagram on board). Kyle? Student: A problem? Teacher: A problem? OK. (Writes on board). Yes? Student: A climax. Teacher: Climax. (Writes on board). That would be right up there. Student: The characters? Teacher: OK. (Writes on board). The characters and problems and stuffwhat is that called? At the beginning of a story? Student: Introduction? Teacher: Introduction? Introductions a word for it. Theres another word that starts with an E. . The ex_______Jillian? Student: Exposition? Teacher: Its an exposition. Its this thing when youre introducing the characters and other stuff, so youre right when you say introduction but exposition is a better word for it if you want to get technical. Yes? Student: The conflict? Teacher: A conflict. Thats also in the Exposition (writes). Its the main conflict of the story. OK, whats this then? Whats this part here? If we have the Exposition, if we have the climax, how do you get there? Yeah? Student: Dont they call it Rising Action? Teacher: Rising Action. Good! OK, so you have your Exposition and your Rising Action, that gets you to your Climax. What happens after that? What happens after? Yes? Student: Resolution? Teacher: Almost. Resolution is down here. After everything is said and done, thats the resolution. So what comes before the Resolution? If you have the Exposition, then the RISING action to get to the Climax, what comes before the resolution? Connor? What do you think? Whats the opposite of Rising? Student: Falling. (3:00)

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