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lit wrkshp plot note
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plot | the chain of related events that explains to us what happens in a story |
| conflict | a struggle between two opposing characters or forces |
| internal conflict | a struggle that occurs within the main character. This struggle happens within the characters own mind |
| external conflict | a struggle that the main character has with another character with society or with a natural force |
| character | a person animal or imaginary creature in a story, play, or another literary work |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| theme | the general idea or message about life that is revealed through a work of literature |
| idiom | a type of figurative language that means something other than the literal translation of the individual words |