plot related terms

Question 1

what is a setting

Answer 1

where and when the story takes place

Question 2

plot

Answer 2

the series of events in a story

Question 3

Protagonist

Answer 3

the main character

Question 4

antagonist

Answer 4

character against the protagonist

Question 5

what is a dialogue

Answer 5

a conversation between characters

Question 6

what is an internal conflict

Answer 6

a problem in a characters minds

Question 7

what is an external conflict

Answer 7

problem against an outside force.

Question 8

what if foreshadowing

Answer 8

the author gives hints or clues about an event that may occur later

Question 9

what is exposition

Answer 9

the beginning of the story when setting, characters and conflict, are introduced.

Question 10

what is a rising action

Answer 10

events that build towards the climax

Question 11

climax

Answer 11

a turning point of the story, usually near the ending where the most successful event occurs.

Question 12

what is the resolution

Answer 12

ending where the conflict is resolved

Question 13

what is the theme

Answer 13

the message about life from the author

Question 14

what is a flashback

Answer 14

it is the action that goes back to an earlier time