Plot
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
When and where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
The problem or struggle in a story.
What is conflict?
SpongeBob SquarePants in the T.V. show SpongeBob SquarePants
What is the protagonist?
After the climax, the next element of the plot
What is falling action?
Provides the background information on the characters and the setting at the beginning of a story.
What is exposition?
The first problem or hint of trouble
What is the initial conflict or incident?
A conflict that takes place inside a person.
What is internal conflict?
Plankton in the T.V. show SpongeBob SquarePants
What is antagonist?
The logical consequences of the climax.
What is falling action?
The message of the story.
What is theme?
Who the story is about
What are characters?
A conflict that takes place outside a person?
What is external conflict?
Bugs Bunny in Looney Tunes
This part of the story reveals how the story ends.
What is the resolution?
A series of events where the main character faces opposition and the conflict grows.
What is rising action?
The main character.
What is the protagonist?
A conflict where a tornado hits a town would be considered man vs
What is nature?
Elmer Fudd in Looney Tunes
What is antagonist?
The most suspenseful and intense part of a story.
What is the climax?
The point of the story where the conflict reaches its greatest intensity and the main character experiences the most intense emotions.
What is the climax?
What is the antagonist?
A conflict where a government does not allow certain members to vote would be considered man vs
What is society?
Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games
What is protagonist?
Exposition, first conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
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