Elements of Plot

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Conflict a struggle between two sides filled with tension, excitement, and suspense Character a person or animal in a fictional text who goes through complications, who has some kind of conflict Setting the time, place, and weather of a story Exposition introduces the setting, characters, narrator--the beginning situation Plot the series of events in a fictional text--the order that things happen in a story Narrator the person telling the story Resolution the outcome of the conflict; how everything works out in the end Rising Action where conflicts are introduced and explanations of how characters try to overcome obstacles Climax the highest turning point in the action, like a final showdown between good and bad Falling Action the events after the climax that wrap up the plot and lead to the resolution