Plot Academic Vocabulary

What is plot?

• the struggle of the main character

• the sequence of events in a story

• the turning point of the story

• the moment when the conflict is introduced

What is the conflict?

• the struggle of the main character

• the sequence of events in a story

• the turning point in a story

• the moment the conflict is introduced in a story

What is the inciting incidient?

• the struggle of the main character

• the sequence of events in a story

• the turning point in a story

• the moment the conflict is introduced in a story

occurs when a key event or decision leads to the resolution

What is the resolution?

• where the conflict develops

• where the conflict is introduced

• can be a way to solve the conflict

When and where the story takes place is known as what?

Which of the following are considered dramatic elements?

• characters

• setting

• plot

• theme

• stage directions

What is dialogue?

• a major unit of dramatic work

• instructions written by the playwright

• conversations between the characters