Plot + Setting

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

A short story or novel consists of several basic events that form a narrative.

Question 2

Narrative

Answer 2

Basic events from the plot.

Question 3

Conflicts

Answer 3

Events that must be resolved

Question 4

Exposition

Answer 4

The important background information at the beginning of a narrative.

Question 5

Rising Action

Answer 5

The incidents leading up to the climax

Question 6

Climax

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Suspense

Answer 7

Details that make the story’s emotion

Question 8

Comedy

Answer 8

A type of description given to something funny.

Question 9

Tragedy

Answer 9

A type of description given to something sad.

Question 10

Falling Action

Answer 10

Causes behind the rising action

Question 11

Denouement

Answer 11

Shortest part of the plot where conflict reaches ending

Question 12

Resolution

Answer 12

Unresolved or ending parts of a story.

Question 13

In medias res

Answer 13

Meaning “in the middle of the action”

Question 14

Flashback

Answer 14

A story from a prior time

Question 15

Foreshadowing

Answer 15

hints at events coming up.

Question 16

Setting

Answer 16

A novel or short story creates expectations in readers minds of the characters containing them.