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Plot Elements
Term | Definition |
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setting | The time and place in which a story takes place. |
plot | The sequence or order of events that happen in a story. |
exposition | This occurs at the beginning of a story; the reader learns about the main characters, setting and beginning conflict of the story |
rising action | This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs. |
climax | This is the turning point ("wow moment") of the story. Usually the protagonist (main character) comes face to face with the conflict. |
falling action | The conflict is being solved at this point, but it's not the end of the story yet. |
resolution | The story comes to a reasonable ending. |
protagonist | the hero / main character |
antagonist | the bad guy / opposes the main character |
static character | Character stays the same, doesn't change |
dynamic character | Character changes over the course of the story |
conflict | The struggle between two forces in the story |
theme | The moral or lesson the story teaches you. |
internal conflict | The problems comes from within the character |
external conflict | the problems comes from some outside force |
point of view | the perspective the story is told from |
1st person | This is where the story is told through a main character's eyes. |
3rd person limited | This is where the narrator is not a character in the story and talks about the characters. The narrator has a limited perspective and can only read one character's mind, feelings, and motive |
3rd person omniscient | This is where the narrator is not a character in the story and is "all-knowing" . This type of narrator can read every character's feelings, motives, and thoughts. |