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Plot Diagram
Plot
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |