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Exposition
Establishes the setting,introduces some of the main characters,explains background,and introduces the character's main conflit
Plot
A series of related events in a story, each connected to the next.
Flash-forward
An actions that jumps ahead of the story to narrate an event that happens at a later time.
Resolution
The act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.
Sequence
The order in which a story's events take place.
Flashback
An action that interrupts the story to introduce an event that took place in the past.
Atmosphere
Mood or feeling brought on by a story's seting.
Rising Action
Consists of a series of complications.These occurs as the main characters take action to resolve their problems.
Dialogue
the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc.
Denouement
The final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
Turning Point
A point at which something changes direction, esp. a high or low point on a graph.
Setting
The time and place in which the story happens.
Resolution
(also called denouement [dã'noo mãn']The very end of the story,when loose ends of the plot are tried up.
Comedy
the comic element of drama, of literature generally, or of life.
Exposition
The opening of a story,when the characters and thier conflicts are introduced.
Falling action
he part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
Conflict
A struggle between two forces. An external conflict can take place between two characters;between a character and a group;or between a character and an animal or a force in nature.An internal conflict is a struggle that takes place within a character's mind or heart.
Complications
The act of complicating. A confused or intricate relationship of parts.
Crisis
A condition of instability or danger, as in social, economic, political, or international affairs, leading to a decisive change.
Foreshadowing
Hints in the story that certain events are going to happen later.
Climax
The most exciting part of a story;the moment when the outcome of the conflict is determined.The climax usually comes near the end of a short story.
Tragedy
A dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction.

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