Key Plot Points in a Story

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Exposition

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The beginning part of the story where the main characters, setting, and basic situation are introduced.

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Rising Action

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The series of events that build tension and lead to the story's main conflict, involving complications or obstacles that the protagonist faces.

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Climax

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The turning point or the most intense, exciting, or dramatic part of the story, where the main conflict reaches its peak.

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Falling Action

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The events that happen after the climax, leading to the resolution. The conflict starts to wind down.

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Resolution

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The conclusion of the story where the conflict is resolved, and any remaining questions or plot points are answered.

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Impact of Plot

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The Plot of a story is important as the events of a story can impact a character's decisions. The character's decisions then can impact future events.

This can also help the reader determine the theme of the story based on the outcome.

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Impact of Setting

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The setting is crucial to a story because the setting can lead to the main conflict, set off a character's decision, and can also help us determine theme.

Setting = New York City

Character = an immigrant who used to live in a rural area

Conflict = the character has trouble adjusting to the bustle of the city and gets conned for trusting the wrong person.

Theme = Be careful who you trust in a new environment as people might try to take advantage of you.

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Characterization

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How the author reveals information about a character and the development of a character.

Indirect characterization = author gives hits through dialogue, interactions with other characters, inner thoughts

Direct chacterization = author describes traits about the character directly.

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Imagery

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A literary device used in fiction and poetry.

The writer uses descriptive language that adheres to the 5 senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, feel).

Ex. Lauren heard the soft ding of the oven timer go off, signaling that her cookies were ready. Before opening the oven door, Lauren made sure to wear her oven mitt. As she opened the oven door, she could feel the blistering heat and the sweet chocolately smell of her freshly baked cookies. As she took a bite, she could taste the combination of the sweet sugar, creamy butter, and bittersweet chocolate.

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Non-fiction: Text Features

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Title - Tells you the main topic of the entire text.

Headings/subheadings - Tells you the main idea of that section.

Graphs/charts - Visually represents data