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| resolution | The part of a story following the climax in which the conflict is resolved |
| falling action | The section of the plot following the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict decreases and the story moves toward its conclusion |
| climax | The part of story or play where the tension or action reaches its highest part |
| rising action | A series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative. In literary works, a rising action includes all decisions, characters' flaws, and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax |
| exposition | The insertion of important background information within a story; for example, information about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context, etc. |
| event sequence | The order of events in a narrative |
| diagram | A drawing that shows the appearance, structure, or the workings of something; a schematic representation that explains how something works or shows the relationship between parts of a whole |
| central idea | The unifying element of a piece of a text |
| story element | One of the essential components of a story (e.g., character, setting, plot) |
| setting | The time and place in which a story unfolds |
