Plot + Setting Flashcards
Plot
short story or novel that consists of basic events
Narrative
short story
Conflicts
problems that must be resolved
Exposition
important background info about characters
Rising Action
incident that becomes more clear, main character experiences complications
Climax
story’s tensions peak, turning point in story
Suspense
uses tension to make plot more exciting
Tragedy
serious dramatic work, series of unfortunate reversals
Comedy
dramatic work, has light, happy ending
Falling Action
opposite of rising action, details of climax, conflict comes to resolution
Denouement
how conflict reached resolution, moral of the story
Resolution
working out of the plot’s conflict
In Media Res
in the middle of the action
Flashbacks
narrator explains what happened prior to the story’s beginning
Foreshadowing
hint at events to come
