| Term | Definition |
|---|
| A plot is | sequence of events in a story |
| Plots are almost always built around | conflicts |
| A plot usually includes 5 stages of development | exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution |
| ties up loose ends of the story and leads to the resolution | falling action |
| builds suspense and introduces complications, or conflict | rising action |
| turning point of the story | climax |
| introduces characters and setting and supplies background. | exposition |
| the moment when the conflict ends | resolution |
| the vantage point from which the story is told | point of view |
| two basic points of view | first person point of view and third-person point of view |
| The third person point of view cand be divided into the | omniscient third person and the limited third person |
| The teller of the story | narrator |
| What person point of view is told from the "I" vantage point | first person |
| In the third-person omniscient point of view, the narrator is | an all-knowing observer who can describe all the characters and actions in a story |
| In the first person point-of-view, the true thought and feeling of the other characters | cannot be known |
| In the limited third-person point of view, the story is told from the vantage point of | he or she |
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