Plot & Conflict Review (ToLB)

The plot of a story is...

• a series of related events

• an idea about life

• the place where the story occurs

• the writer's attitude toward the subject

In this element of plot the author introduces the characters and setting...

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

The event that introduces the central conflict...

• Inciting Incident

• Setting

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

Suspense and tension starts to build during the....

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution 

The part of the plot at which a decisive change in a situation occurs...

• Resolution

• Antagonist

• Story Elements

• Climax

Events after the climax, when conflicts are being solved...

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Main Character

• Point of View

In the resolution of a story...

• new characters are introduced

• mysterious events occur

• information about the author is presented

• all the loose ends of the story are tied up

A struggle between opposing forces...

• Conflict

• Point of View

• Main Character

• Protagonist

In an __________ conflict, a character struggles against another character, group of characters, or force of nature.

• External

• Exciting

• Internal

An internal conflict occurs when...

• A character must make a tough decision or has contradictory feelings

• A character argues with another character

• A character must survive alone in the wilderness for a long period of time

• A character is stopped from pursuing their dream because of the society they live in