Plot and Setting

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence

Question 2

Narrative

Answer 2

A Short story

Question 3

Conflicts

Answer 3

a struggle between opposing forces

Question 4

Exposition

Answer 4

the first paragraph or paragraphs in which the characters, setting , and basic information is introduced

Question 5

Rising Action

Answer 5

all the events that happen in a story on the way to the climax

Question 6

Climax

Answer 6

the point in the narrative where the tension, excitement, or stakes reach the highest level

Question 7

Suspense

Answer 7

a literary device in which tension holds our attention between one moment and another

Question 8

Comedy

Answer 8

a storytelling genre that uses laughter and humor in order to entertain and amuse

Question 9

Tragedy

Answer 9

a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character

Question 10

Falling Action

Answer 10

the action that occurs immediately after the big climax has taken place and the action shifts towards resolution instead of escalation

Question 11

Denouement

Answer 11

conclusion after the climax of a narrative in which the complexities of the plot are unraveled and the conflict is finally resolved.

Question 12

Resolution

Answer 12

the end of the story

Question 13

in medias res

Answer 13

in the middle of things

Question 14

Flashbacks

Answer 14

an interruption in the chronological order or timeline of a narrative to give additional information or backstory needed to further the reader’s understanding

Question 15

foreshadowing

Answer 15

is a plot element that hints at something to come later in the story

Question 16

Setting

Answer 16

the time, duration, and place an author chooses to write about