Plot Flashcards
What is plot?
The arrangement of events in a narrative. It follows a pattern of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is a narrative?
The whole story and its message.
Conflicts
The tension, opposition, struggle that drives a plot.
Exposition
The beginning of a narrative that reveals settings, characters, and the situation of the characters and their world.
Rising Action
When the conflict becomes more clear and the main character faces more complications.
Climax
When all the tensions, suspense, and emotions reach a peak almost at a turning point.
Suspense
Tension that is created by artful delays and the selective dissemination of information.
Comedy & Tragedy
Story where protagonist situation mainly improves. Opposite of tragedy where it mainly worsens for the character.
Falling Action
Opposite the causes behind the rising action where things begin to wind down in a story.
Denouement and resolution
Denouement shows that a sense of normalcy has been restored and is part of the resolution where all the conflict is over.
In media res
When a story begins n the middle of an event rather than at the beginning of a journey.
Flashbacks
When a narrator explains something that happened prior to the main story.
Foreshadowing
Plot device where future events are hinted at.
