plot

Question 1

action

Answer 1

events recounted in a fictional work (only listing)

Question 2

plot

Answer 2

way in which author sequences and paces events as to shape response and interpretation (making it more meaningful); does not have to be chronological

Question 3

foreshadowing

Answer 3

author giving reader subtle clues or hints about events happening later

Question 4

subplot

Answer 4

plot that receives significantly less time and attention than another one

Question 5

pace

Answer 5

author can decide how much time and attention an event gets (ties with point: storytelling doesn’t have to be chronologically)

Question 6

pacing

Answer 6

duration of particular episodes

Question 7

discriminated occasion

Answer 7

author slowing down to home in on a particular moment and scene (f.e. “Later that evening”)

Question 7

discriminated occasion

Answer 7

author slowing down to home in on a particular moment and scene (f.e. “Later that evening”)

Question 8

conflicts

Answer 8

some sort of struggle and its resolution, may be external or internal; can be both

Question 9

external conflicts

Answer 9

between characters and something or someone outside themselves

Question 10

internal conflicts

Answer 10

character struggles to reconcile two competing desires, needs, duties, or two parts or aspects of himself

Question 11

five parts of the plot

Answer 11

exposition, rising action, climax/turning point, falling action, conclusion or resolution

Question 12

exposition

Answer 12

• introduces characters, situation, time and place, gives
  basic background information
• usually reveals some source of potential conflict of
  which the characters may be as yet unaware

Question 13

rising action

Answer 13

→inciting incident

• action that destabilises the initial situation and incites
  open conflict
• complication keeps the action rising
  • event that introduces a new conflict or intensifies an
    existing one

Question 14

climax/turning point

Answer 14

• moment of greatest intensity
• moment where the outcome of the plot and the fate of
  the characters are decided
• turning point involves a discovery or new insight →
  often involve internal or psychological events → lead
  to and are prompted by external action
• crisis = precedes and precipitates climax

Question 15

falling action

Answer 15

• release of emotional tension and moves us towards
  the resolution of the conflicts
• in some stories: resolution is achieved through an
  unexpected twist (deus ex machina)

Question 16

conclusion or resolution

Answer 16

• new and somewhat stable situation
• sense of closure → conflicts have been resolved
• some works may have an epilogue

Question 17

different plot types

Answer 17

many works follow patterns derived from the two subgenres of drama - tragedy and comedy

Question 18

tragic plots

Answer 18

trace downward movement centering on a characters fall from fortune into misfortune and isolation → often end unhappily or with death

Question 19

comedic plots

Answer 19

tend to end happily, often with marriage/some other act of social integration and celebration