Plot Structure
Types of Conflict
Plot Elements
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100

What is it called when we see the first sign of conflict that really starts the story?

What is Inciting Incident?

100
A conflict that exists within the mind of a character who is torn between opposing forces
What is Internal?
100
The time and place of a story
What is setting
100

A clue about what will happen later in the story

What is foreshadowing?

100
the main character in the story called?
What is protagonist
200
the action that follows the climax
What is falling action?
200
conflict exists when a character struggles against some outside force
What is external
200
the sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
200

The character that is against the protagonist is called?

What is the antagonist?

200
What comes first in a story, the exposition or the rising action
What is exposition
300
the author's introduction to the characters, setting, and situation
What is exposition?
300
When the antagonist is a person, what type of conflict occurs
What is man vs man?
300

An interruption in the plot of the story to tell about an earlier event

What is Flashback?

300
An ending that leaves the reader wondering what will happen next

What is Cliffhanger?

300
Adam thinks about a problem for several hours. This is what type of conlict?
What is internal?
400
the part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict
What is resolution
400
What type of conflict occurs when the protagonist struggles against weather, survival, wildlife, etc?
What is Man vs. Nature
400
the struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
400
Mary and Lisa decide they have learned their lesson and walk straight home without any stops from that day on. This part of the story is the
What is resolution
400
What comes first the climax or falling action
What is climax?
500
the part of the plot that adds complications to the plot's problems
What is rising action?
500
What type of conflict occurs when the protagonist struggles against a group of people or an organization
What is man vs society
500

An anxious feeling the reader gets about what will happen next

What is Suspense?

500
At the beginning of a story, you learn that Jack is an adventurous young man who loves mountain biking.
What is exposition
500
Name the five elements of plot in order
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
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