Elements of Literature #1

Definition for:

CLIMAX

• struggle or problem

• struggle between an outside force

• the moment of greatest tension or excitement in a story

• the release of tension after the resolution of the story.

Definition of:

CONFLICT

• The struggle or conflict in a story

• the force or influence that drives a character forward in a story.

• the moment of greatest tension or excitement in a story.

• a struggle that happens within a character.

Definition:

EXPOSITION

• the release of tension after the climax of a story.

• the beginning of a plot in which characters are introduced and setting is established.

• a struggle that happens inside of a character

• a force or influence that drives a character forward in a story.

Definition:

EXTERNAL CONFLICT

• a struggle between a character and an outside force

• a struggle that happens WITHIN a character

• a struggle or problem between four characters

• the release of tension after the climax of a story

Definition:

FALLING ACTION

• a struggle that happens within a character

• the release of tension after the climax of a story.

• the force or influence that drives a character forward in a story

• a struggle or a problem

Define:

FORESHADOWING

• hints, suggestions or clues that tell you what is going to happen next in a story

• series of events that make up what happens in a story

• the intensifying of tensions in a story

• the feeling of not knowing what will happen next in a story

Define:

INTERNAL CONFLICT

• A struggle that happens within a character

• A struggle between the chicken and the egg

• the moment of greatest tension or excitement in a story

• the force or influence that drives a character forward in a story.

Define:

MOTIVATION

• a struggle between a character or an outside force

• a struggle that happens within a character

• the force or influence that drives a character forward in a story

• the beginning of a plot in which characters are introduced and setting is established.

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SUSPENSE

• the points at which all of the conflicts in a story have been resolved

• the feeling of not knowing what will happen next in a story

• a series of events that make up "what happens" in a story

• to establish or say what something is or is not.

Define:

RISING ACTION

• The intensifying of tension within a story

• the point at which all of the tensions and conflicts in a story have been resolved.

• The feeling of not knowing what is going to happen in a story

• to describe something in detail to reveal facts or ideas