Setting and Plot Sequence

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Setting and Plot Sequence
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Setting

• The time and place of the action
• Time
• Historical period (past/present/future)
• Specific year, season, time of day
• Place
• Geographical place (region, country, state, town)
• Social, economical or cultural environment
• Description of setting helps establish the mood
  of a story.

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Plot Sequence of events
Climax

Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
Exposition
Exposition-introduces setting, characters and
situation to the reader
Rising Action-events that lead up to the climax
Climax-high point of interest or suspense
Falling Action-events that follow the climax
Resolution-end of the central conflict result or
outcome loose ends are tied up