STRUCTURE PROSE Flashcards
Series of events arrange to produce a definite sense of movement toward a goal
Plot
Event that is unexpected
Plot twist
Plot twist at the end of a story
Suprise endings
Introduces setting and characters and the situation
Exposition
Event that sets the conflict in motion
Inciting incident
Events leading up to a crisis
Rising action
Major turning point for the main character or the point at which something happens that affects outcome of the story
Crisis
Events that unfolded result of the crisis and lead to the conclusion
Falling action
Final outcome
Dénouement
Order in which events actually occur in a store
Chronological order
A reference to events that occurred before the action of the main story or to action that occurred before the time that the narrator is speaking
Flashback