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English 6/7
Elements of Literature
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English
7th Grade
03/18/2008

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PLOT
Definition
The events that make up a story
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Initiating Event
Definition
The event that starts the story
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Rising Action
Definition
Action or events before the climax
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Climax
Definition
The event in a story where the conflict is settled
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Falling Action
Definition
Action or events after the climax
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Resolution
Definition
The conflict is over and story ends
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Foreshadowing
Definition
Hints or clues about events or actions yet to come in the story
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Setting
Definition
Time and Place of a story
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Theme
Definition
The message or main idea in a story
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Characters
Definition
A person or animal that is part of a story
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Characters
Definition
The pigs and the wolf
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Setting
Definition
A neighborhood where the pigs and wolf live
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Initiating Event
Definition
The wolf needs sugar to bake a cake
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Climax
Definition
The wolf has a fit and the police come
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Resolution
Definition
The wolf is in jail and still needs some sugar
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Rising Action
Definition
The wolf asks two pigs for sugar and then eats them
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Falling Action
Definition
Wolf is taken to jail
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Foreshadowing
Definition
Wolf is dressed in a jail uniform at the begining of the story
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