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15 Cards in this Set
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conflict
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struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces
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external conflict
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a character struggles with an outside force
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internal conflict
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conflict that takes place entirely within a character’s mind
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plot
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a series of related events that make a story or drama
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exposition
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beginning of the story that introduces the setting, characters and their conflict
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rising action
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events leading to the climax
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complications
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obstacle that the characters must overcome as they work to resolve the conflict
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climax
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moment of greatest emotional intensity or suspense, when we learn what the outcome of the conflict is going to be
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falling action
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events leading to the denouement
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denouement
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end of the story where all of the struggles are over and we know what will happen to the characters
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chronological order
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arrangement of details in time order—in the order in which they happened
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flashback
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a scene that interrupts the current action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time
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flashforward
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a scene that interrupts the current action of the plot to flash into the future
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foreshadowing
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the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot
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plot diagram
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Go look at your notes. Can you label each part?
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