Literary Terms - Plot/Conflict

It is the moment when the conflict's outcome is decided/ highest point of action or suspense

• exposition
• falling action
• rising action
• climax

What's the conflict?

• man vs. man
• man vs. self
• man vs. nature
• man vs. fate/destiny

Complications occur that intensify the conflict

• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• resolution

"There's a reason I can hear them, the horcruxes. I think I've known for a while, and I think you have too." [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]

• man vs. man conflict
• man vs nature
• man vs. fate/destiny
• man vs. self

The moment the penguins agree to stop fighting and share the beach.

• inciting incident
• rising action
• climax
• resolution

Opposing forces that create dramatic action

• rising action
• conflict
• climax
• man vs. self