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Plot Diagram
Plot
Term | Definition |
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Plot | chain of related events that take place in a story. |
Conflict | struggle between opposing forces. |
External | conflict in which a struggle is pitted aganist an outside force. |
Internal | conflict in which a struggle occurs within a character |
Exposition | introduces the characters |
Rising Action | complications of the plot introduced |
Inciting Incident | moment at which the conflict is introduced. |
Climax | turning point of the plot |
Falling Action | events that occur after the climax and the intensity subsides |
Resolution | conflict is resolved or comes to an end |
Characters | people involved in the story |
Setting | the time and place of the events of the story |
Irony | difference between appearence and reality, or expectation and result |