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Plot Structure
#1 Another name for the climax is what? Turning Point
#2 What is the action that follows the climax? Falling Action
#3 What is the author's introduction to the characters, setting, and situation? Exposition
#4 What is the part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict? The Resolution
#5 What is the part of the plot that adds complications to the plot's problems? Rising Action
Types of Conflict
#1 A conflict that exists within the mind of a character who is torn between opposing forces is called what kind of conflict? Internal
#2 What kind of conflict exists when a character struggles against some outside force? External
#3 When the antagonist is a person, what type of conflict occurs? Man vs. Man
#4 What type of conflict occurs when the protagonist struggles against weather, survival, wildlife, etc? Man vs. Nature
#5 What type of conflict occurs when the protagonist struggles against a group of people or an organization? Man vs. Society
Plot Elements
#1 The time and place of a story is what? Setting
#2 What is the sequence of events in a story? Plot
#3 The big idea or lesson in a story is what? Theme
#4 What is the struggle between opposing forces? Conflict
#5 What is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage suspense? Mood
More Plot Elements
#1 What point of view is a story written in when the story is narrated by a character in the story? First Person Point of View
#2 What genre is a made up story based in a period of time that actually occured? Historical Fiction
#3 What point of view is a story written in when the story is narrated by a character not in the story? Third Person Point of View
#4 When an author creates a character that comes alive to the reader, they are using what? Character Development or Characterization
#5 When the author gives clues or hints about what is going to happen in the story it is called...? Foreshadowing
More about Plot!!
#1 What is the hero in the story called? Protagonist
#2 What comes first in a story, the exposition or the rising action? Exposition
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