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Plot
The authors arrangement of incidents in a story
In media res
In this kind of plot, we enter the story on the verge of some important moment
Flashback
A device that informs us about events that happened before the opening scene of a work
Character
An imagined person in a story is confronted with a problem leading to a climactic struggle that is followed by a resolution of the problem
Exposition
The background information that reader needs to make sense of the situation in which the characters are placed
Rising action
A complication that intensifies the situation
Conflict
The problem in the story
Foreshadowing
A suggestion of what is yet to come
Protagonist or hero
The central character who engages our interest and empathy
Heroine
The central character of a story can be despicable as well as heroic
Antagonist
The force that opposes the protagonist
Suspense
The reader is made anxious about what is goring to happen
Climax
The moment of greatness emotional tension
Resolution or denouement
The resolution of the conflict or the solving of the problem
Setting
The context in which the action of a story occurs
Theme
The central idea or meaning of a story- provides unifying point around which the plot, characters, setting point of view, symbols, and other elements of a story are organized
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