Plot Flashcards

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Five elements of fiction

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  • Plot
  • Point of view
  • Characters
  • Setting
  • Theme
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Exposition

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Is the introduction to the plot.
In the exposition:
-Characters are introduced.
-Setting is revealed.
-Mood or the tone is established.
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Rising Action

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Obstacles and complications.

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There are five types of conflict

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  • Person versus person. -Person versus self
  • Person versus society. -Person versus technology
  • Person versus nature.
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Climax

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It’s the high point of interest.

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Falling action

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  • Everything that follows the climax.

- These main events include the results of the main characters action or decision.

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Resolution

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The point where the conflict is ended.

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Chronological order

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Events are told in the order they happen.

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Flashback

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Interrupts the story and goes to the past.

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Foreshadowing

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Gives clues about what’s to come.

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