Plot and Setting Flashcards
Plot
Short story or novel
Narrative
basic events that form a whole narrative
Conflicts
tension created by conflicets develops the complexity of a short story
Expostion
Beginning of a narrative were we learn about the setting, character and situation
Rising action
conflict becomes more clear and main character starts to experience complications
Climax
story suspense emotion, tension peak is the climax
Comedy
the protagonist situation often improves
Tragedy
Usually worsens
Falling action
opposite the cause behind rising action
Denoument
Express a sort of “moral of the story” or “And they lived happily ever after”
In medias res
In the middle action
Resolution
Readers still have questions about the meaning of narratives events
Flashback
narrator explains what happend prior to the story
Foreshadowing
To hint at events to come
Setting
When and where the story takes place