plot and setting Flashcards
What is plot?
A short story or novel consists of several basic events that form a narrative
What is narrative?
The character, or persona, that the author uses to tell a narrative ,or story.
What is conflict?
The tension, opposition, or struggle that drives a plot.
What is exposition?
learning important background information about the characters, the setting , the situation, and we may begin to understand the nature of the conflict.
what was the rising action?
After an inciting incident or significant event, the conflict becomes more clear, and the main character starts to experience complications
what is Climax?
the point at the which the story’s suspense
what is comedy?
the protagonists situation often improves
what is the falling action?
opposite the causes behind the rising action
what is the denouement?
to learn how conflict has reached a resolution
what is in medias res?
the middle of action
what is a flashback?
the narrator explains what had happened prior to the story to the story beginning
what is foreshadowing?
is for giving events for events to come
what is suspense?
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
what is tragedy?
an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
what is a resolution?
the end of the story
