Plot and Structure Literacy Terms

1. Exposition – Introduces the story and tells what brought it to the current point 2. Rising Action – Where the action starts. The part of the plot that sets the story in motion. 3. Climax – Most interesting and suspenseful part of the entire story. 4. Falling Action – After the climax, action that leads toward resolution. 5. Resolution – The ending of the story. The thing that generally solves the problem/conflict. 6. Conflict (include different types) – External – the problem is between a character and himself. Internal – the problem is between several characters, things, etc. Conflict is the problem. 7. Protagonist – the good guy 8. Antagonist – the bad guy 9. Flashback – recalling previous details to add suspense/detailing to the story 10. In medias res – in the middle of things. Something basically happens while several other things are happening