Plot and Setting Flashcards
What is plot?
The plot of a short story or novel consists of several basic events that form a whole narrative.
What is narrative?
A narrative is a story.
What are conflicts?
The tension, opposition, or struggle that drives a plot.
What is exposition?
In a literary work, contextual and background information told to readers (rather than shown through action) about the characters, plot, setting, and situation.
What is rising action?
The events, marked by increasing tension and conflict, that build up to a story’s climax.
What is climax?
The point in a story when the conflict reaches its highest intensity.
What is suspense?
A literary device that uses tension to make the plot more exciting; it is the effect created by artful delays and selective dissemination of information.
What is comedy?
Usually used to refer to a dramatic work that, in contrast to tragedy, has a light, amusing plot, features a happy ending, centers around ordinary people, and is written and performed in the vernacular.
What is tragedy?
A branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual.
What is falling action?
A story’s falling action is the action that occurs immediately after the big climax has taken place and the action shifts towards resolution instead of escalation.
What is Denouement?
Denouement is defined as the resolution of conflict in a narrative plot structure.
What are flashbacks?
A flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
Foreshadowing is a literary device that alludes to a later point in the story.
What is setting?
The time, place, and environment in which a story occurs.
