ELit Chapter 1 Key Terms

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the series of events that make up a story

• plot

• conflict

• external conflict

• internal conflict

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Another word for struggle

• plot

• conflict

• external conflict

• internal conflict

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the struggle taking place between two characters

• plot

• conflict

• external conflict

• internal conflict

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takes place within a character’s heart or mind

• plot

• conflict

• external conflict

• internal conflict

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the opening of the story when the characters and their conflict are introduced

• basic situation or exposition

• complication

• climax

• resolution or denouement

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the second part of the plot in which the main character takes some action to resolve the conflict but meets with more problems

• basic situation or exposition

• complication

• climax

• resolution or denouement

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the tense, exciting, or terrifying third part of a story in which we learn what the outcome of the conflict is going to be

• basic situation or exposition

• complication

• climax

• resolution or denouement

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when all the struggles from the story are resolved

• basic situation or exposition

• complication

• climax

• resolution or denouement

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when the order of events unfold in real time

• chronological order

• flashback

• flash-forward

• foreshadowing

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an episode from the past

• chronological order

• flashback

• flash-forward

• foreshadowing