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| 6893244548 | Anticlimax | a sudden descent from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential | 0 | |
| 6893245867 | catastrophe | the concluding action of a classical tragedy containing the resolution of the plot | 1 | |
| 6893248512 | comic relief | a humorous incident introduced into a serious literary work in order to relieve dramatic tension or heighten emotional impact | 2 | |
| 6893253374 | dilemma | a situation in which a character must choose between two courses of action, both undesirable | 3 | |
| 6893255393 | deus ex machina | (god from the machine) The resolution of a plot by use of a highly improbable chance or coincidence (so named from the practice of some Greek dramatists of having a god descend from heaven at the last possible minute-in the theater by means of a stage machine- to rescue the protagonist from an impossible situation) | 4 | |
| 6893262612 | indeterminate ending | an ending in which the central problem or conflict is left unresolved | 5 | |
| 6893264781 | inversion | a reversal in order, nature, or effect | 6 | |
| 6893266663 | motivation | an emotional, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action | 7 | |
| 6893269238 | mystery | an unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation; used to create suspense | 8 | |
| 6893271738 | paradox | a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements | 9 | |
| 6893275551 | plot | the sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed | 10 | |
| 6893277080 | plot manipulation | a situation in which an author gives the plot a twist or turn unjustified by preceding action or by the characters involved | 11 | |
| 6893279557 | plot device | an object, character, or event whose only reason for existing is to advance the story. often breaks suspension of disbelief | 12 | |
| 6893756320 | prologue | an introduction or a preface, esp. a poem recited to introduce a play | 13 | |
| 6893761998 | red herring | a literary tactic of diverting attention away from an item or person of significance | 14 | |
| 6893766612 | scene | a subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous | 15 | |
| 6893769821 | suspense | that quality in a story that makes the reader eager to discover what happens next and how it will end | 16 | |
| 6893772270 | suspension of disbelief | an unspoken agreement between writer and reader:"I agree to believe your make-believe if it entertains me" | 17 | |
| 6893777414 | subplot | a plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work | 18 | |
| 6893778965 | surprise | an unexpected turn in the development of a plot | 19 |
