Plot Structure/Story Elements
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- Q1introduces the characters, setting, and basic situationexposition30s
- Q2the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax; things become more and more complicated and suspense buildsrising action30s
- Q3a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plotclimax30s
- Q4the main character puts a plan into action; the events in this part of the story lead to the resolution of the conflict; sometimes things get more intense as it comes to an endfalling action30s
- Q5the sequence of events in a storyplot30s
- Q6where and when the story takes placesetting30s
- Q7the telling or writing of an event, either real or imagined;a narrativestory30s
- Q8the message of a story; the universal ideatheme30s
- Q9the people or animals in a storycharacters30s
- Q10the turning point; the most intense part of a story; the main character has a realization or makes a decision that will lead to the conflict being resolvedclimax30s
- Q11the event that starts the conflict and sets the story in motioninciting incident30s
- Q12the end of the story after the conflict is resolved where we find out how things turn out for the main characterdenouement30s
- Q13an event set in a time earlier than the main story; it's the way authors show us background information about a character's life in their past; sometimes it is in the form of a memory the character hasa flashback30s
- Q14the main problem the protagonist is faced withconflict30s
- Q15the point in the story where the conflict has been resolvedresolution30s