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Plot |
Events in a story |
Ex: Harry Potter and the half blood prince: Harry gets back to Hogwarts, he learns about the half blood prince, Harry nearly gets Dumbledore killed, Snape kills Dumbledore and reveals himself as the prince, they have a funeral for Dumbledore. |
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Climax |
The most exciting of suspenseful part of a story |
Ex: Hunger Games: When they actually start the Hunger Games and almost everyone gets killed. |
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Suspense |
A way to create excitement in a story |
Harry Potter: We want to know if Harry somehow killed Dumbledore with the potion. |
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Character/ dynamic and static |
A character is a creature that takes part in a story. Dynamic: a character changes. Static: Character doesn't change. |
Ex: Hamilton: Eliza Schuyler is a dynamic character starting off in the musical as a helpless, lovesick girl, becoming a young wife, and finally she becomes a strong woman with goals to keep her husband's legacy. Ex: Harry Potter: Harry Potter just stays at the hero character type and throughout the series he constantly makes stupid deductions, often resulting in death. |
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Conflict/ internal and external |
Sort of like a fight actually. An external conflict happens outside of a character while an internal one usually has to do with a decision a character has to make. |
Internal conflict: Hamilton: Angelica Schuyler is also in love with Hamilton but she has to let go because she wants her sister Eliza to be happy with him. External: Hunger Games: Everybody is being brutally slaughtered by everyone else. |
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Setting |
When and where a story takes place. |
Ex: Harry Potter: Takes place in the 90s and mostly in Hogwarts castle. |
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Resolution |
The end of a story. Mostly a happy ending but sometimes it's not. |
Ex: good ending: Hunger Games: Katniss and Peet's survive both Games and fall in love. Ex: bad ending: Divergent: Tris dies, leaving Four alone |
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Rising Action |
The part in a story building suspense |
Ex: Warrior Cats: The Dark Forest warriors are about to go and try to kill everyone else in the other clans |
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Exposition |
The introduction of characters, setting, and conflict among other things |
Ex: Warrior Cats: In the books it usually has a list of characters and a map and the |
