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| plot | The structure of the action and events in a story |
| exposition | The background a reader needs to know before the story starts |
| rising action | The action leading up to the climax |
| climax | The highest point of the action in the story |
| falling action | The action that takes places after the climax, the winding down of the story |
| denoument | French for "untie", it is the outcome of the climax that occurs near the end of the story |
| resolution | The end. The conflict is resolved in some way. |
| protagonist | The main character in a work, on whom the author focuses the most attention. |
| antagonist | The character against whom the protagonist struggles |
| teleplay | A script written for a made for television movie. |
| conflict | "The engine that drives the plot." It is the problem, issue, obstacle within the story. |
