Braingle
Braingle: Mystery Brain Teasers
Read stories and solve mysteries based on clues provided. Also, submit your own mysteries for other visitors to this site to solve.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Literature: Constructing Plot
This site has an explanation of the elements of a plot with clear examples. Click on "What goes into plot" for more information.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Evaluating Character and Plot in Literature [Pdf]
A brief graphic organizer which allows students to evaluate the literary elements of plot and character in a given piece of literature. Also includes a section which requires textual support. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
Other
Lit Charts: Foreshadowing
Learn how foreshadowing affects stories through definitions and examples in literature.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Flashbacks Versus Narrative "Annexes"
A complex definition of a literary flashback, in addition to examples of flashbacks used by famous authors (Eliot, Doyle). The site also distinguishes the flashback from the narrative annex. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects