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Line!
100

The beginning of a short story or novel.

What is the exposition?

100
The events that lead up to the Climax.
What is rising action?
100

The most exciting part of a story, where a reader does not know how the conflict will end.

What is the climax?

100
What happens in a story.
What is plot?
100

The end of a short story.

What is the Resolution?

200

Revealed to readers through the exposition.

What is setting, mood, characters?

200
Things that happen in order.
What is sequence?
200
The main problem of a story.
What is the conflict?
200

Between Climax and Resolution.

What is the Falling Action?

200

A story without a resolution.

What is a cliffhanger?

300

The protagonist

What is the main character of the book called?

300
A sequence of events that happen in a novel.
What is plot?
300

Late-middle or near the end of the book.

Where in the book does the climax happen?

300
Resolution.
What happens on the plot structure line after Falling Action?
300

Anticipation that readers feel as the conflicts build.

What is suspense?

400
The character that is in conflict with the protagonist
What is antagonist?
400
The most exciting part, where the conflict is the worst, and everything seems most intense.
What is the climax of a fictional text?
400

Occurs before the climax on the plot structure line.

What is the climax?

400
The part of the plot where the events are still happening but the conflict is starting to end and get solved.
What is Falling Action?
400

Short stories and novels are this genre of writing.

What is fiction?

500

Emotions a writer would like a reader to feel when reading a story.

What is the mood?

500
The problem of the story, and character vs. character; character vs. self; character vs. Nature; character vs. Society.
What is conflict, and what are the 4 types of conflict?
500

The conflict that gets the story going.

What is the inciting incident?

500

The number of parts to a plot line (that we learned yesterday).

What is 6?

500

Number One Rule In McKee's Class.

What is RESPECT?