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| 5169556889 | Five Basic Elements of Story Telling | Characters, conflict, setting, plot, and narrator. | 0 | |
| 5169556890 | Plot | A chain of events, each event developing out of the prior one, which involves the characters in conflict. |  | 1 |
| 5169556891 | Chronological | The most common type of narrative order in children's books. The events are told in the order they happen. |  | 2 |
| 5169556892 | Flashback | Occurs when the author narrates an event that took place before the time of the story to provide important background information the readers need to understand characters, plot, etc. |  | 3 |
| 5169556893 | Timelapse | Occurs when the story skips a period of time that seems unusual compared to the rest of the plot. |  | 4 |
| 5169556894 | Conflict | The struggle between the protagonist and some opposing force. There are two main categories of conflict. |  | 5 |
| 5169556895 | Internal Conflict | Occurs within the character. |  | 6 |
| 5169556896 | Character vs. self | Occurs when the protagonist struggles within himself or herself. |  | 7 |
| 5169556897 | External Conflict | Character vs. some opposing outside force. |  | 8 |
| 5169556898 | Character vs. character | Occurs when the protagonist is against another character. | 9 | |
| 5169556899 | Character vs. society | Occurs when the protagonist is in conflict with the values of his or her society. | 10 | |
| 5169556900 | Character vs. nature | Occurs when the protagonist is threatened by an element of nature. | 11 | |
| 5169556901 | Character vs. supernatural | Occurs when the protagonist is in conflict with any force outside of human control, such as fate, religious God(s), ghosts, monsters, etc. | 12 | |
| 5169556902 | character vs. technology | Occurs when the protagonist is in conflict with any "tool" used as means to an end- technology. | 13 | |
| 5169556903 | Exposition | Sets the stage of the story and is often known as the doormat because it welcomes the characters into the story. | 14 | |
| 5169556904 | Welcome methods | 1- Describes the setting 2- Provides the situation and condition of the characters 3- May introduce the problem | 15 | |
| 5169556905 | Narrative Hook | An element of the story that engages the reader and makes him or her want to read the story. It is how the writer grabs the read's attention and brings them into the story. This can fall on different places on the plot diagram due to reader interpretation; so do NOT record on this plot diagram below. | 16 | |
| 5169556906 | Inciting Incident | The event that starts the action. | 17 | |
| 5169556907 | Rising Action | Includes all action leading to the climax; this comprises the major portion of the story. It is here where the story builds interest and suspense, characters are developed, events become more involved and complications arise. | 18 | |
| 5169556908 | Climax | Is the point of greatest emotional intensity or interest. | 19 | |
| 5169556909 | Turning Point | Usually occurs along with the climax. This is also the point at which the most significant change occurs. This is a key moment where readers gain a good idea of what the outcome will be. | 20 | |
| 5169556910 | Anticlimax | When the climax is a let down because it is often less exciting than the previous events and is often unbelievable as a reader. Anticlimactic is the adjective form. (This is NOT on the plot diagram because it occurs rarely in stories). | 21 | |
| 5169556911 | Falling Action | Provides an necessary explanation after the most significant change. | 22 | |
| 5169556912 | Resolution or Denoument | Is where everything comes together and the outcome of the main conflict may be revealed. This can either be open or closed. | 23 | |
| 5169556913 | Closed Ending | Readers feel they know what will happen; there is a sense of completion. | 24 | |
| 5169556914 | Open Ending | Readers must draw their own conclusions; they do now know what will happen. | 25 | |
| 5169556915 | Cliffhanger | An abrupt ending at an exciting and often dangerous time in the plot; usually at the end of the chapter, but occasionally the book will end this way. | 26 | |
| 5169556916 | Plot diagram | Add Inciting Incident between Exposition and Rising Action. |  | 27 |
| 5169556917 | Narrative hook is not on plot diagram because... | Everyone is hooked by different events or ideas. | 28 | |
| 5169556918 | Suspense | A state of tension or emotional uncertainty; an emotional pull that keeps the reader reading. | 29 | |
| 5169556919 | Four Ways to Develop Suspense | 1- the author drops hints of clues about future events or the final outcome 2- the author adds more and more complications to the plot 3- the writer develops the characters in a way that makes the readers care about them and wonder what will happen 4- the writer delays an event the reader knows is coming. This action is "slowed to a crawl" | 30 | |
| 5169556920 | Foreshadowing | Hints about what will happen later in the story. | 31 | |
| 5169556921 | Coincidence | Something which happens by chance; easily confused with irony | 32 | |
| 5169556922 | A setting includes... | time and place in which the story takes place. | 33 | |
| 5169556923 | Backdrop Setting | Relatively unimportant to the plot. | 34 | |
| 5169556924 | Integral Setting | Essential to the plot; it influences action, character, or theme. | 35 | |
| 5169556925 | 5 Reasons Why Setting is Important | a. Setting provides necessary background information b. Setting can be used to create the mood c. When setting becomes a principle force that threatens characters, it creates conflict d. Setting can be used to advance the plot e. Setting can be used to illuminate character | 36 |
