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Another name for the turning point (when the protagonist makes a major decision that changes the course of the story).

What is crisis?

100

A conflict that exists within the mind of a character who is torn between opposing forces

What is man vs. self?

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 conflict?

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

Term used when an author creates a character that comes alive to the reader

What is characterization?

300

Adam thinks about a problem for several hours. This is what type of conlict?

What is internal (or man vs. self)?

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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
the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage suspense
What is mood?
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