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Plot and Setting
Plot and Setting
15
English
12th Grade
11/06/2008

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Setting
Definition
Is the time and place in which the action of a literary work takes place.
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Plot
Definition
The action in the story. The piece that the whole story fallows.
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Exposition
Definition
This is the beginning of the story which introduces and helps the reader understand the background. Before the rising action.
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Rising Action
Definition
The series of conflicts that build toward a climax.
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Crisis
Definition
A problem that arises that leads to the climax
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Climax
Definition
The high point or turning point in a work, usually the most intense point.
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Falling Action
Definition
The action of a play or story which works out the decision arrived at durring the climax. It ends with the resolution.
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Resolution
Definition
It comes after the climax and the falling action. It is the part of the play or story where the problem is solved.
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Structure
Definition
The organization a writer uses for his literary work. Parable, Fable, romance, satire, farce, slapstick, ect.
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Chronologically
Definition
In order by time.
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Flashback
Definition
Going back in time in a story for the purpose of making something in the present mare clear.
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Framing Device
Definition
The frame helps control the reader's perception of the work, and has been used in the past to help give credibility to the main section of the novel.
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Sub Plot
Definition
A plot that is taking place inside the main plot.
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Internal Conflicts
Definition
A problem that occurs within a character.
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External Conflict
Definition
A struggle between two characters or a character and an outside force.
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