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| What is conflict in literature? | The struggle between opposing forces |
| What are the two types of conflict? | Internal and external |
| Describe internal conflict. | The character struggles against some element of his own personality (his conscience for example) |
| Describe external conflict. | The character struggles against another character, nature or society |
| A conflict can be... | physical, intellectual, emotional or moral. |
| Define plot. | A causal arrangement of actions and incidents revealing characters involved in conflict |
| What are the four plot steps? | exposition, rising action, climax, resolution |
| Define exposition | The explanation or necessary background information |
| Define rising action (also called the complication) | When certain events must occur which show the readre the conflict or problem and the course of its progress |
| The rising action is appropriately named because... | the longer a problem goes on, the more involved it tends to become and the more involved a situation becomes, the more intense is the suspense |
| Define climax (also called crisis) | The point at which something decisive occurs. The turning point in a story. |
| Define resolution (also called denouement) | This is how a situation is worked out after the climax; all questions are answered,all problems are solved |
| Character causes.... | plot |
| Plot also reveals character because | a character's actions indicate his character traits. |
| What are the five methods of characterization that an author might use? | inner thoughts, speech, actions, appearance, what others think/say about the character |
| What is another name for the climax? | crisis |
| What is another name for the resolution? | denouement |
| What is another name for the rising action? | complication |
