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Elements of Fiction
Plot and Setting
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English
12th Grade
11/05/2008

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Setting
Definition
Time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs
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Plot
Definition
Action in a story
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Exposition
Definition
Portion of a story which helps the reader understand the background or the situation
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Rising Action
Definition
Series of conflicts which build to the climax
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Crisis
Definition
Point the intensifies the conflict
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Climax
Definition
Turning point in a story
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Falling action
Definition
Action of a story which works out the decision arrived at during the climax
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Resolution
Definition
Portion in the story when the problem is solved
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Structure
Definition
The form or organization the author uses in his literary work
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Chronology
Definition
Dates and time sequences
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Flashback
Definition
Returning to an earlier point in the story to make something in the present more clear
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Framing Device
Definition
A story within a story
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Subplots
Definition
Smaller plots within the main plot
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Internal Conflict
Definition
Conflict within oneself
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External Conflict
Definition
Conflict involving a characters surroundings
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