Literary Terms (Part Three). Plot The sequence (or chain) of events within a story -- The plot usually involves one or more conflicts which may be external.

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Literary Terms (Part Three)

Plot The sequence (or chain) of events within a story -- The plot usually involves one or more conflicts which may be external or internal 1.Introduction - Opening of the story -- it gives characters, setting, and background information

Plot The sequence (or chain) of events within a story -- The plot usually involves one or more conflicts which may be external or internal 2.Rising Action - Follows the introduction and introduces the conflict

Plot The sequence (or chain) of events within a story -- The plot usually involves one or more conflicts which may be external or internal 3.Climax - The high point of action or turning point of the story

Plot The sequence (or chain) of events within a story -- The plot usually involves one or more conflicts which may be external or internal 4.Falling Action - Follows the climax -- the conflict begins to be resolved and changes occur

Plot The sequence (or chain) of events within a story -- The plot usually involves one or more conflicts which may be external or internal 5.Resolution - Ending of the story -- all loose ends are tied up

Conflict The clash between two opposing forces in a literary work; a struggle 1.External - Conflict outside of the character (person vs. person, nature, society, etc.)

Conflict The clash between two opposing forces in a literary work; a struggle 2.Internal - Conflict within the character (person vs. himself/herself)

Narrator The person who tells a story -- the author may tell the story directly or he/she may tell it through one of the characters of the story.

Point of View The author’s choice of narrator for the story 1.First Person - The narrator (“I”) is a character who can reveal only his/her own thoughts, feelings, and what he/she sees and is told by other characters.

Point of View The author’s choice of narrator for the story 2.Third Person - The narrator is an outsider (perhaps all-knowing) who can enter the minds of one or all of the other characters.

Setting The time and place in which the events of a narrative occur

Theme The message or main idea of a literary work, a general truth about life or mankind -- a theme may be stated or implied