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Title: Story Literary Elements


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Plot
Walsh Publishing Co. 2009
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Plot
Plot - the events that take place in a story.
Every story needs a plot! The plot has different
parts
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Plot Components
Climax the turning point, the most intense
momenteither mentally or in action
Rising Action the series of events and conflicts
in the story that lead to the climax
Falling Action all of the action which follows
the climax
Exposition the start of the story, before the
action starts
Resolution the conclusion, the tying together of
all of the threads
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The climax is the most exciting part!!
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Special Techniques of Plot
  • Suspense- excitement or tension
  • Flashback- interrupts the normal sequence of
    events to tell about something that happened in
    the past
  • Surprise Ending- conclusion that reader does not
    expect
  • AndForeshadowing

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A hint about what will happen next is called
foreshadowing
For example, if you hear this
Then you know someones about to get eaten!
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