plot and setting Flashcards
What is plot?
short story or novel consists of several basic events.
What is narrative?
Several basic events that create a narrative.
What is conflict?
The tension, opposition, or struggle that drives the plot
What is exposition
In a literary work, contextual and background information told to readers about the characters, plot, setting, and situation
What is Rising action?
Events, marked by increasing tension and conflict, that build up to a story’s
What is climax
Point in the story when the conflict reaches its highest intensity.
What is suspense?
Literary device that uses tension to make plot more exciting.
What is comedy?
Dramatic work that contrasts to tragedy and has a light, amusing plot, a happy ending, centers around normal people, and is performed in the vernacular.
What is tragedy?
dramatic work in which the protagonist experiences a series of unfortunate reversals due to some character trait, referred to as a tragic flaw?
What is falling action?
Result of the climax or turning point. This phrase, the conflict is being resolved.
What is denouement?
Conflict has been resolved and balance is restored to the world of the story?
What is resolution?
The working out of a plot’s conflicts, following the climax.
What is in medias res?
Technique in which a narrative begins in the middle of the action.
What is a flashback?
Scene in a narrative that is set in an earlier time than the main action.
What is foreshadowing?
Future events are hinted at.
