Plot

Question 1

Individual event or series of events depicted in a literal work

Answer 1

Action

Question 2

If the other story begins in the middle of the action?

Answer 2

in medias res

Question 3

In medias res: If the fictional past inserted into fictional present

Answer 3

flashbacks

Question 4

In medias res: If the fictional future inserted into fictional present

Answer 4

flashforward

Question 5

distinct action or series of actions within a plot

Answer 5

episode

Question 6

Hint or clue about what will happen later of the plot

Answer 6

Foreshadowing

Question 7

Secondary plot in a work of fiction or drama

Answer 7

Subplot

Question 8

A specific discrete moment portrayed in a fictional work: “The day before Maggie fell down…”

Answer 8

Discriminated occasion

Question 9

The first part of the plot, which sets the scene, introduce or identifies characters.

Answer 9

Exposition

Question 10

Second part of the plot which complicates the situation

Answer 10

Rising action

Question 11

The action sets the plot in motion by creating conflict.

Answer 11

Inciting incident

Question 12

An action or event which introduces a new conflict especially during the rising action phrase

Answer 12

Complication

Question 13

Decisive moment, emotional intensity, and the point which actions stop rising and begin falling

Answer 13

Climax / Turning point

Question 14

Sudden revelation of truth, often inspired by a seemingly simple or commonplace event.

Answer 14

Epiphany

Question 15

In plot, the moment when the conflict comes to a head, often requiring the character to make a decision

Answer 15

Crisis

Question 16

Any improbable, unprepared-for-plot contrivance introduced late in a literary work to resolve the conflict.

Answer 16

deus ex machina

Question 17

Fourth of the five phases or parts of the plot, in which the conflict or conflicts move toward resolution.

Answer 17

Falling action

Question 18

The situation that was destabilized at the beginning becomes stable once more and the conflict is resolved

Answer 18

Conclusion

Question 19

tying up loose ends and often describing what happens to the characters after the resolution of the conflict

Answer 19

Epilogue

Question 20

A synonym for a falling action, conclusion, or resolution.

Answer 20

Denouement

Question 21

A brief recounting of the principal action of work of drama, fiction, or narrative poetry. Ordering, Selection of actions—significance

Answer 21

Plot summary

Question 22

4 common Plot Types?

Answer 22

Quest
Tragedy
Comedy
epic

Question 23

A traditional way of expressing something, or a traditional or characteristic feature of a particular literary genre or subgenre

Answer 23

Convention