Elements of Plot

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Elements of Plot
as explainedthrough theOriginalStar Wars
Trilogy (the recent ones never happened)
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Plot- the arrangement of ideas and/or incidents
that make up a story.
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Plot Arc
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Plot Arc Exposition--Background information
regarding the setting, characters, plot.
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Plot Arc Complication or Rising
Action--Intensification of conflict.
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Plot Arc Climax or Crisis--Turning point moment
of great tension that fixes the action.
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Plot Arc Falling Action Result of the Climax
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Plot Arc Resolution/Denouement--The way the
story turns out.
Boom
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Conclusion/ EpilogueWhat happens next
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Additional TermsCausality--One event occurs
because of another event.
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Additional Terms Foreshadowing--A suggestion of
what is going to happen.
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Additional Terms Suspense--A sense of worry
established by the author
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Additional Terms Conflict--Struggle between
opposing forces.