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