Exploring Plot Flashcards

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plot structure`

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  1. plot structure is one of the most fundamental aspects of fiction
  2. a plot map shows the order of the plot structure
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exposition: background information

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introduce characters and usually setting

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inciting incident

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the event that creates the friction of the story

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rising action

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continues the tension that the inciting incident began and works towards the climax

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climax: turning point

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A. the part of the story in which events have changed

B. Sometimes seems as the most exciting part of the story but is not always so

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falling action: the events that follow the climax

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A. Is often a very short part of the story

B. Sometimes there is no falling action and the author may end the story after the climax

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resolution

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the ultimate resolve of the story

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Which best describes the setting of “Three Girls”?

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A quaint used book store in New York

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What is the time frame of “Three Girls”?

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the 1950’s

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According to the highlighted section in “Three Girls,” why couldn’t Marilyn Monroe be like the other two girls in the story?

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Marilyn had entered “history” and there was no way back

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the phase of a fictional text that builds up to the climax is called the

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rising action

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which of the following includes the proper order of plot structure from the beginning to the end of the story

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exposition, rising action, falling action

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the turning point in a piece

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climax

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14
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which of the following plot elements continues the tension that the inciting incident began and works towards the climax

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rising action

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what function does the rising action serve?

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it continues events after the inciting incident and leads to the climax

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