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| 6987539914 | Anachronism | An element in a story that is out of its time frame; sometimes used to create a humorous or jarring effect. | 0 | |
| 6987539915 | Antagonist | The character, force, or collection of forces n fiction or drama that opposes the protagonist and gives rise to the conflict of the story | 1 | |
| 6987539916 | Antecedent Action | events that occur before a play or a story begins | 2 | |
| 6987539917 | Artistic Unity | The single purpose that ties all elements of a work together | 3 | |
| 6987539918 | Chance | occurrence of an event that has no apparent cause in previous events or in predisposition of character | 4 | |
| 6987539919 | Climax | From the reader's perspective, the climax is the highest point of emotional intensity in a story. It usually marks the turning point in the protagonist's fortunes and the major crisis in the story. | 5 | |
| 6987539920 | Coincidence | chance occurrence of two events that may have a peculiar correspondence | 6 | |
| 6987539921 | Conflict | A conflict is a struggle between opposing characters or forces, usually between the protagonist and someone or something else. All conflicts are either external (physical) or internal (emotional, moral, psychological) | 7 | |
| 6987539922 | Crisis | The crisis is a moment of intense conflict leading up to the climax. | 8 | |
| 6987539923 | Denouement | The outcome or clarification at the end of a story or play | 9 | |
| 6987539924 | Deus ex Machina | When the gods intervene at a story's end to resolve a seemingly impossible conflict; refers to an unlikely or improbable coincidence | 10 | |
| 6987539925 | Dilemma | a position in which he or she must choose between two courses of action, both undesirable | 11 | |
| 6987539926 | Episode | An episode is an incident or single set of events within the main plot of the story. | 12 | |
| 6987539927 | Exposition | The background information provided by the author to further the plot, conflict, setting, and characterization is called exposition | 13 | |
| 6987539928 | Falling Action | The part of a story immediately following climax and lasting until the end of the story is the falling action. | 14 | |
| 6987539929 | Flashback | A flashback is a plot device which shifts the story from the present to the past, usually done in order to illustrate an important point or to reveal a change in character | 15 | |
| 6987539930 | Full Circle Story | This is the type of story which begins and ends in the same situation or place | 16 | |
| 6987539931 | Goal | This is the aim of the protagonist. Many protagonists have aims which they strive to accomplish. The desire to achieve a goal often creates conflict, and failure or success in achieving a goal is frequently apparent in the climax of a story | 17 | |
| 6987539932 | Happy Ending | protagonist solves his or her problem | 18 | |
| 6987539933 | Inciting Incident | This is the incident that initiates or begins the main conflict of the story | 19 | |
| 6987539934 | Indeterminate Ending | no definitive conclusion is reached | 20 | |
| 6987539935 | Man vs Himself | The character experiences a conflict in emotion or thought. Maybe emotional, intellectual, moral, or spiritual | 21 | |
| 6987539936 | Man vs Man | This is a conflict between two characters. The struggle may be physical, emotional, moral, or psychological. | 22 | |
| 6987539937 | Man vs Nature | This is a conflict between a character and his or her environment, whether this is nature, society, or circumstances. | 23 | |
| 6987539938 | Man vs Supernatural | This is a conflict between a character and some aspect beyond our scientific understanding | 24 | |
| 6987539939 | Mystery | unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation | 25 | |
| 6987539940 | Plot | The storyline or organization of incidents in a story is called the plot. It consists of episodes and conflict. Plots usually have rising and falling action | 26 | |
| 6987539941 | Plot Manipulation | turns in a plot that are unjustified by the situation or characters | 27 | |
| 6987539942 | Predicament | This is a position or situation that is difficult to get out of or that presents a problem difficult to solve. Predicaments should not be confused with dilemmas. | 28 | |
| 6987539943 | Protagonist | central character in the conflict | 29 | |
| 6987539944 | Resolution | The resolution is the solving of all of the conflicts in the story | 30 | |
| 6987539945 | Rising Action | The rising action consists of the events preceding the climax. During this stage of the story, background information is given, conflicts are introduced, and suspense is built up. There may even be moments of crisis. Because it accomplishes so much, the rising action is always longer than the falling action of a story | 31 | |
| 6987539946 | Structure | arrangement of plot elements | 32 | |
| 6987539947 | Subplot | A subplot is a minor storyline, secondary to the main plot. Subplots may be related or unrelated to the main plot. | 33 | |
| 6987539948 | Surprise Ending | One that features a sudden, unexpected turn or twist; most acceptable when it serves a purpose | 34 | |
| 6987539949 | Unhappy Ending | Many situations in real life do have unpleasant outcomes; forces people to ponder the complexities of life | 35 |
