Plot + setting Flashcards
What is plot?
A short story or novel that consists of several basic events that form a whole narrative.
What is narrative?
A plot device in which the author places the main narrative of his or her work within another narrative.
What is conflicts?
the tension, opposition, or struggle that drive a plot.
What is exposition?
At the beginning of the narrative, we learn important background information about the characters, the setting, and situation.
What is Rising action?
An inciting incident or significant event.
What is Climax?
The point at which a story’s suspense.
What is suspense?
A literary device that uses tension to make the plot more exciting.
What is comedy?
A dramatic work that in contrast to tragedy has light assuming plot, features, a happy ending.
What is tragedy?
A serious dramatic work in which the protagonist experience’s a series of unfortunate reversals due to some character trait.
What is Falling action?
Details the effects of what happens at the climax of the narrative.
What is Denouement?
Untying the knot, and this part of the plot is often the shortest.
What is resolution?
The working out of a plot’s conflicts, following the climax.
What is in medias res?
In The middle of the action.
What is flashbacks?
Explains what has happened prior to the story’s beginning.
What is foreshadowing?
To hint at events to come?
