English 12 Drama Plot Terms

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Plot

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The structuring of the events in a play; the story

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Conflict

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Struggle between opposing forces in a narrative

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Exposition

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The presentation of background information, usually early in the story, that a reader or a theatrical audience must be aware of, especially about situations that exist and events that have occurred before the action of the narrative begins.

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Rising action

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One of the stages in plot development in which conflicts and complications propel the plot to the climax

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Climax

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The turning point or point of highest interest in a narrative; the point at which the most important part of the action takes place and the final outcome or resolution of the plot becomes inevitable

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Falling action

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The events in a narrative that take the reader to he conclusion or denouement, in which the resolution of the climactic action is presented.

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Resolution or Denouement

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The conclusion of a plot's conflicts and complications; the resolution follows the climax and the falling action in the plot

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Foreshadowing

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The introduction of specific words into a narrative to suggest or anticipate later events that are central to the action and it's resolution

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Turning point

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The critical point in a narrative that leads inevitably to the resolution

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Suspense

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A state of excited uncertainty

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Complication

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Something that introduces a difficulty, problem, or change in a plot