1. Plot Vocabulary

2. Plot
Sequence of events in a story. The five parts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

3. Exposition
Includes details about characters and setting; the main problem or conflict is introduced

4. Rising Action
Develops the problem/conflict through a series of events that build interest and/or suspense; events lead up to the climax/turning point

5. Climax/turning Point
The most exciting part in the story where the problem/conflict is strongest

6. Falling Action
Event(s) after the climax/turning point leading to the resolution/solution of the conflict/problem

7. Resolution
The conclusion to the story that reveals the solution to the problem/conflict; not all stories have clear resolutions

8. conflict
Is the problem that needs to be solved. Conflict may be internal, as a psychological conflict within a character, or external(e.g., man versus man, man versus nature, or man versus society

9. external conflicts
Man vs Man- Conflict with another person
Man vs Nature-Conflict with the elements or anything in nature
Man vs Society-Conflict with rules, laws and beliefs

10. Internal conflict
Man vs Self- A conflict in a person’s mind

11. Plot Line