21st Century Literature

Aristotle once declared that for a story to be considered a story, it must have a beginning, a middle, and end.

• True

• False

Plato did not agree to Aristotle and countered his idea of an organic unity in fiction

• True

• False

The idea of an organic unity in fiction is the interdependent parts of a story are needed to create a whole. If one part is lost, the story cannot stand on its own

• True

• False

A German novelist during the 19th century that realized that plots of stories and even novels have common patterns which can be summarized in a diagram.

The beginning of the story wherein the writer sets the scene by introducing the characters, describing the setting, and sometimes will give a brief background of the story.

It is small events and telltale signs that tell you that the conflict is about to begin.

Is when the complication begins to show itself on the characters, setting, and events in the story

This is when the story starts to become more exciting.

It is the event with the greatest tension in the story.

This is when the characters know the truth, act on their impulses, make rash decision or decide to do something.