plot and setting

Question 1

plot

Answer 1

several basic events that form a whole narrative.

Question 2

narrative

Answer 2

short story

Question 3

exposition

Answer 3

important background info about the characters, setting or the situation learned at the beginning of the story

Question 4

rising action

Answer 4

after an inciting event, conflict becomes more clear, main character starts to experience complications

Question 5

climax

Answer 5

point at which the story’s suspense, emotions, and tensions peak, turning point

Question 6

suspense

Answer 6

a literary device that uses tension to make plot more exciting

Question 7

comedy

Answer 7

used to refer to a dramatic work that has a light, amusing plot, happy ending, centers around ordinary people, written and performed in the vernacular

Question 8

tragedy

Answer 8

a serious dramatic work in which the protagonist a series of unfortunate reversals

Question 9

falling action

Answer 9

opposite the causes behind the rising action, details the effects of what happens at the climax, conflict comes to point of resolution

Question 10

denouement

Answer 10

expresses moral of the story, sense of balance `

Question 11

resolution

Answer 11

working out a plot’s conflict following the climax

Question 12

flashbacks

Answer 12

a scene in a narrative that is set in an earlier time than the main action

Question 13

foreshadow

Answer 13

a plot device in which future events are hinted at