Plot & Setting Flashcards
Plot
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Narrative
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
Conflicts
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Exposition
a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
Rising Action
series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
Climax
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
Suspense
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
Comedy
professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.
Tragedy
an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
Falling Action
the period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution.
Denouement
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
In Medias Res
into the middle of a narrative; without preamble.
Flashbacks
a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
Foreshadowing
be a warning or indication of (a future event).
Setting
the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
