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STORY ELEMENTS. Definitions. Plot. What happens in a story. Climax. The story’s most emotional or suspenseful point. Suspense. What makes you want to continue reading. Resolution. End of the story when all of the loose ends are tied up. Conflict.
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STORY ELEMENTS Definitions
Plot • What happens in a story
Climax • The story’s most emotional or suspenseful point
Suspense • What makes you want to continue reading
Resolution • End of the story when all of the loose ends are tied up
Conflict • Struggle or clash between two or more characters or forces
Basic Situation • First thing you read; sets the stage for the action
Events/Complications • Things that make it hard for characters to solve their problems or work out their conflicts
External Conflict • Struggles between two or more characters or forces
Internal Conflict • Struggles that take place within a person
Foreshadowing • The use of hints or clues to suggest what will come later in the story