Unit 1: Suspense Vocabulary

a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.

• theme

• suspense

• plot

plot

• the sequence of events in a story

• the author's message

• who is telling the story

Elements of a short story

• Single Plot

• Limited Characters

• Single Setting

• No Conflict

Included in the EXPOSITION of a story:

• Setting and Characters

• Theme

• Resolution

the event that sets the main character or characters on the journey that will occupy them throughout the narrative

• inciting incident

• theme

• resolution

the series of events (usually the conflicts or struggles of the protagonist) that increase tension, propel the plot forward and lead to the climax of the story.

• exposition

• falling action

• rising action

• climax