CREATIVE WRITING Semi-Final Examination

Beginning of the story where the characters, background, and setting revealed. It is where the characters are introduced.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Conflict

• Climax

It is the background against which the incidents of the story take place. Not merely a place, it includes the place where, the time when, and social conditions under which the story moves along.

• Climax

• Settings

• Exposition

• Plot

It is a series of connected happenings and their result. It is a planned, logical series of events having a beginning, middle, and end.

• Climax

• Settings

• Exposition

• Plot

A Dynamic Character is a character who does go

through change and " (a)   " during a

story

Type of conflict: Struggles against other people

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Nature

• Character vs. Self

is the highest point of anticipation - "make or break" for the main character.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Conflict

• Climax

Type of conflict: Struggle within one's self

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Nature

• Character vs. Self

Type of conflict: Struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of others

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Nature

• Character vs. Self

takes place when a person or group struggles against another person or group or against a non-human force such as a storm or a car that won't start.

(a)  

These are events between the introduction and climax. This is the situation

where the initial conflict or the generating circumstances, which create a conflict to arise.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Conflict

• Climax