Plot Structure
Types of Conflict
Plot Elements
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100

the author's introduction to the characters, setting, and situation

What is exposition?

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
point of view is a story written in when the story is narrated by a character in the story?
What is first person point of view?
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
point of view is a story written in when the story is narrated by a character not in the story
What is third person point of view?
200

The struggle between opposing forces

What is conflict

300

the part of the plot that adds complications to the plot's problems

What is rising action?

300

When the antagonist is a person, what type of conflict occurs

What is man vs man?

300
The big idea or lesson in a story
What is theme?
300

The direction in which the story is being told

What is point of view?

300

A character or group of characters that goes against the main character.

What is antagonist?

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 author's attitude toward a subject

Tone

400

Belongs to the person (or people) being addressed. This is the “you” perspective.

What is second point of view?

400

Another name for climax

What is turning point?

500

Puts the story into motion

What is inciting incident?

500
What type of conflict occurs when the protagonist struggles against a group of people or an organization
What is man vs society
500
the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage suspense
What is mood?
500

Author creates a character that comes alive to the reader, they are using what

What is characterization?

500

Name the six elements of plot in order

What is exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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