Vocabulary

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Vocabulary

• Elements of a Story

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conflict

• struggle between characters or forces of nature
  in a literary work

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Exposition

• Background information including setting,
  characters, and other information necessary to
  the story.

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Plot

• the plan or main story of a play, novel, or
  short story

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Theme

• The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary
  work.

Ex. Shrek Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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Falling action

• The events after the climax that lead to the end
  of the story.

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Resolution

• Conclusion wraps up the story

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climax

• The result of the conflict - point of highest
  dramatic interest or major turning point in the
  action

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Rising Action

• A series of events that leads to the climax of a
  story

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fate

• a power beyond one's control that is believed to
  decide what happens