Plot + Setting

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

several basic events that form a whole narrative

Question 2

Narrative

Answer 2

a short story

Question 3

conflict

Answer 3

tension, opposition, or struggle that drives a plot

Question 4

exposition

Answer 4

the important background information about the characters, the setting, and situation, begin to understand nature of the conflict

Question 5

Rising action

Answer 5

after an incident or event, the conflict becomes more clear and main characters start to experience complications

Question 6

Climax

Answer 6

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

Question 7

suspense

Answer 7

a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.

Question 8

comedy

Answer 8

a storytelling genre that uses laughter and humor in order to entertain and amuse

Question 9

tragedy

Answer 9

an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.

Question 10

Falling Action

Answer 10

details the effects of what happens at the climax, conflict comes to a resolution

Question 11

denouement

Answer 11

“untying the knot”, learn how conflict reached resolution or the moral of the story

Question 12

resolution

Answer 12

the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict, problem

Question 13

in media res

Answer 13

in the middle of the action

Question 14

flashbacks

Answer 14

what happened prior to the story

Question 15

foreshadowing

Answer 15

hinting at events to come

Question 16

Setting

Answer 16

interactions between characters and the times and places they inhabit must not only be believable but also complementary and interdependent