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| 7586559260 | Theme | One common message of fiction | 0 | |
| 7586562152 | Action | The events recounted in a fictional work | 1 | |
| 7586565426 | Plot | The way the author sequences and paces the events so as to shape our response and interpretation | 2 | |
| 7586591359 | In Media Res | Story beginning somewhere in the middle of the action | 3 | |
| 7586612680 | Flashback | Events that occurred before the story's opening | 4 | |
| 7586616202 | Flashforward | Story might jump forward in time to recount a later episode | 5 | |
| 7586621159 | Episode | Event | 6 | |
| 7586626353 | Foreshadowing | An author gives subtle clues and hints about what will happen later in the story | 7 | |
| 7586636868 | Subplot | A plot that receives significantly less time and attention than another plot | 8 | |
| 7586648659 | Pacing | A vital tool to storytelling that is the duration of particular episodes | 9 | |
| 7586669076 | Discriminated Occasion | When an author slows down to home on a particular moment and scene | 10 | |
| 7586680555 | Conflict | Some sort of struggle | 11 | |
| 7586687384 | External Conflicts | Occurs between characters and something or someone outside of themselves | 12 | |
| 7586696338 | Internal Conflicts | A character struggles to reconcile two competing desires, needs, or duties, or two parts or aspects of himself | 13 | |
| 7586727368 | Exposition | Introduces the characters, their situations, (typically) a time and place; all of the basic information we need to understand | 14 | |
| 7586756484 | Rising Action | Begins with an inciting incident, this suggests conflict | 15 | |
| 7586759555 | Inciting/Destabilizing Incident | Some action that destabilizes the initial situation and incites open conflict | 16 | |
| 7586764849 | Complication | An event that introduces new conflict or intensifies an existing one | 17 | |
| 7586784106 | Climax/Turning Point | The moment of greatest emotional intensity; when the outcome of the plot and the fate of the characters is decided | 18 | |
| 7586803109 | Epiphany | A sudden realization of truth inspired by a seemingly trivial event; typically takes place in the midst of the climax | 19 | |
| 7586818182 | Crisis | Precedes and precipitates the climax | 20 | |
| 7586822979 | Falling Action | Brings a release of emotional tension and moves us toward the resolution of the conflict(s) | 21 | |
| 7586837725 | Deus Ex Machina | Resolution achieved through an utterly unexpected twist | 22 | |
| 7586844833 | Conclusion | Presents us with a new and at least somewhat stable situation - one that gives a sense of closure because the conflict(s) is resolved | 23 | |
| 7586859003 | Epilogue | Final section which ties up loose ends left dangling in the conclusion, updates us on what has happened to the characters since their conflict has been resolved, and/or provides some sort of commentary on the story's larger significance | 24 | |
| 7586911522 | Tragedy | One of the two most important forms of drama; traces a downward movement centering on a character's fall from fortune into misfortune and isolation; end unhappily, often times in death | 25 | |
| 7586921117 | Comedy | One of the two most important forms of drama; tends to end happily, often times in marriage, or some other act of social integration and celebration | 26 | |
| 7586937728 | Epic | A long narrative poem that celebrates the achievements of mighty heroes, usually in a developing culture with a grand, high style of language | 27 | |
| 7586948052 | Romance | Long, medieval narrative (typically written in languages of romance which = French, Spanish, Italian) and depict quests of knights/ other chivalric heroes for love | 28 | |
| 7586948053 | Convention | Traditional way of presenting or expressing something, a characteristic feature of a particular genre, etc... | 29 |
