Plot Structure
Types of Conflict
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Another name for the climax
What is Turning Point?
100
A conflict that exists within the mind of a character who is torn between opposing forces
What is Internal Conflict or Man vs. Self?
100
The time and place of a story
What is setting?
100
point of view in a story when the story is narrated by a character in the story
What is first person point of view?
100
This is what the main character in the story called
What is protagonist?
200
the action that follows the climax
What is falling action?
200
Conflict that exists when a character struggles against some outside force.
What is external conflict?
200
The sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
200
point of view in a story when the story is narrated by a character not in the story
What is third person point of view?
200
The contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is.
What is irony?
300
The author's introduction to the characters, setting, and situation
What is exposition?
300
When the antagonist is a person, this type of conflict occurs.
What is Man vs Man?
300
The big idea or lesson in a story
What is theme?
300
point of view in a story when the story is narrated by a character not in the story and the narrator knows more than one character's thoughts
What is third person omniscient?
300
The reader knows something that the character does not.
What is dramatic irony?
400
The part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict
What is resolution or denouement?
400
This 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 (the conclusion) is the...
What is resolution?
400
This is a way to describe the story when the characters expect one thing but learn that it is something else.
What is Situation Irony?
500
The part of the plot that adds complications to the plot's problems
What is rising action?
500
This type of conflict occurs when the protagonist struggles against a group of people or an organization.
What is Man vs Society?
500
What an author is using when he or she creates a character that comes alive to the reader
What is characterization?
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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