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11th Grade
12/12/2013

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Conflict
Definition
Struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces
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External Conflict
Definition
A character struggles with an outside force
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Internal Conflict
Definition
Conflict that takes place entirely within a character's mind
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Plot
Definition
A series of related events that make up a story or drama
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Exposition
Definition
Beginning of the story that introduces the setting, characters and their conflict
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Rising Action
Definition
Events leading to the climax
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Complications
Definition
Obstacle that the characters must overcome as they work to resolve the conflict
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Climax
Definition
Moment of greatest emotional intensity or suspense, when we learn what the outcome of the conflict is going to be
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Falling action
Definition
Events leading to the denouement
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Denouement
Definition
End of the story where all of the struggles are over and we know what will happen to the characters
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Chronological Order
Definition
Arrangement of details in time order - in the order in which they happened
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Flashback
Definition
A scene that interrupts the current action of the plot toflash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time
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Flashforward
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A scene that interrupts the current action of the plot to flash into the future
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Foreshadowing
Definition
The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot
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