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6 Cards in this Set
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Exposition
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Dialogue, description, and detail that gives the audience or reader the background of the characters and the present situation.
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Rising Action
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A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
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Conflict
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The struggle between the opposing forces on which the action in a work of literature depends.
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Climax
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A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.
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Falling Action
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The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. Details that wrap up the story line.
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Resolution
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The events that signal the end of the story, a result of the climax.
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