Fiction Definitions
“Exposition: the first part of a plot that stages the scene, that introduces and identifies the characters, and that establishes the circumstances at the beginning of a play or story. Added exposition is often distributed throughout the work” (Mays A4).
“Setting: the time and place of the action in a work of fiction, poetry, or drama. The spatial setting is the place or places in which action unfolds, the temporal setting is the time; thus, the same as plot time. General Setting is the time and place in which all action unfolds; whereas, particular settings are the times and places which individual episodes or scenes take place” (Mays A10).
“Conflict: a struggle between opposing forces. A conflict is external when it puts a character against something or someone outside of his or herself---another character or characters or something in nature or society. A conflict is internal when the opposing forces are two drives, impulses, or parts of a single character” (Mays A3).
“Rising Action: the second of the five phases or parts of plot, in which events complicate the situation that existed at the beginning of a work, intensifying the initial conflict, or introducing a new one” (Mays A10).
“Climax: the third part of plot, the point at which the action stops rising and begins falling or reversing; also called turning point or peripeteia” (Mays A2).
“Falling Action: the fourth of five phases or parts of plot, in which the conflict or conflicts move toward
pg 18,l. 81-82). Each story comes with an idea, but algebra is what makes story be read by readers. There is an“ implicate framework that must underlie a story” (C. pg.18,l.85-86). The implicate frame work in algebraic, the arc that holds the story together. The arc has five key components called the exposition, rising action, climax, Falling action and then the denouement. The exposition set’s up the plot and characters. Then comes the rising action where there is a conflict, that will get the reader’s attention. The climax is where we can see the end of the conflict, but it is not solved yet. The falling action is where the conflict is finally solved, but can sometimes have a little bit of drama at the end. The denouement is the final component in the arc, it is where the story is ending with a sigh of relief. The fire and algebra while hold the story and be read by reader’s.
The conflict opposed the characters in the plot, which moved the plot forward. Without the conflict, the plot will be boring and nobody will want to read the story, and that would affect the reader's experience. Plot is the structural progression of a story that resolves all conflict within at the end, which shows the effect of conflict on the plot. The following discusses the effect the conflict has on the theme. The theme development happens due to the effect of conflict.
This example shows how suspense is created from the battle scenes, whereas, the other craft moves add to the combat. Therefore, the craft move of raising the stakes is formed from battles, instead of the overall purpose of describing the battle scenes that occur over and over again. Furthermore, raising the stakes isn’t as great of a fit for the purpose of explaining battle scenes because it doesn’t appear as much throughout the text. There are only a few examples that are widespread throughout the story. The reader has to look very closely to find examples of raising the stakes.
You should have at least 3-5 events that were significant to the story. These should be exciting parts before the climax of the story. Some events in the story that I thought was rising action were when they all got together to make the solar eclipse perfect, when they all had to camp-out together because of the storm, and when they all worked together to find a signal for the planet that they found.
In Carpathia, the catalyst is mentioned in the first sentence, “It happened on my parents’ honeymoon.” The way this sentence is worded automatically puts questions in the reader's mind and makes them want to continue reading to find out what the mysterious “it” is. The exposition (which is often intertwined with the catalyst) explains and sets the scene of the story. The exposition in Carpathia explains that the parents’ are on a cruise ship from New York called the Carpathia that has stopped early in the morning. The rising action is when things start happening that build suspense creating momentum for the climax.
I would say the first thing that creating rising action would be the theft of the sword, pretty much the entire movie revolves around trying to retrieve the sword and return it to Sir Te. After that comes learning that Jade Fox was Jen’s governess, next would be the fight between Jade Fox and the inspector in which Jen fights Mu Bai and reveals that she knows more about fighting than her Master Jade Fox. Next would be learning that Jen, an aristocrat governor’s daughter is actually the thief that that stole the sword, and is actually Jade Fox’s disciple, next would be learning about Lo and Jen’s past with him and their
The first literary term to discuss is setting. Setting is where and when a story takes place. In The Most Dangerous Game, the setting is a very important piece of this story. It takes place on an island, if the setting were different the story would not have the same effect. Another term is theme. Theme is the central message or overall idea of a story. In The Cask of Amontillado, the theme is revenge because Montresor is trying to find revenge on Fortunato because he has wronged him many times.
NOW list the events in the SEQUENCE in which they are PRESENTED IN THE STORY (the orchestration of PLOT).
All stories consists of some common structural elements. These elements are known as the twelve stages of a hero’s journey. The first stage is called the Ordinary World. The Ordinary World allows the reader to identify the hero’s background before the journey starts. The reader is able to relate to the hero through this stage. Every story has a central dramatic question that disrupts the Ordinary World. This lets the author contrast the Ordinary World with the Special World. Once the reader has identify with the hero in the Ordinary World, a new stage called The Call To Adventure sets the story in motion as it disrupts the comfort of the Ordinary World. This stage set the Ordinary World off balance as it establishes the stakes involved if
3.) The exposition is a man that is watching the Martians just as they land on Earth. He is waiting to see what they are going to do. The rising action is when everyone started moving closer to the pit that the Martians were in, so they could get a better look. The climax is when everything was set on fire from the flame that came from the Martians. The falling action is when the author was running away because a great fear had came about him. The denouement is when he
2) Rising Action ideas and/or incidents are that desire + danger = tension. Tension is the process the story follows as it builds to its main conflict. We see the beginning of difficulties that seem overwhelming and insoluble from the text.
2. What is the “crisis action” or climax in the story? Remember that the crisis is the moment of greatest tension in the story, and the moment that the main character undergoes some kind of transformation. What change or transformation do you see in the main character?
All stories have movement. The plot is the literary element that provides a sense of movement to the narrative. Shimon Bar-Efrat referred to the Plot as the “body” of the narrative (Bar-Efrat 2000, 93). He added that the plot “consists of an organized and orderly system of events, arranged in temporal sequence” (93). The author of the narrative purposely planned the timing and events within the narrative. The plot not only provides movement, yet it also serves to elicit interest and to stir the emotions of the reader. For Jeffery D. Arthurs, the plot “engages readers by inducing a feeling of suspense” as it “moves a conflict from disequilibrium to resolution” (Arthurs 2006, 75).
The first element we will discuss is the plot of story which contains six factors; exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and
Narrative structure is about both the content of a story, and how the story is told by using plot. There are different things that made up the narrative structure of a text. These include, the three act structure and the roles of the characters. The three act structure is a model that is used in screenwriting to divide a narrative into different parts (Cod.edu, 2015). The first act of a three act structure is called setup. This is where setting, character, and their situations are introduced to the audience. The second act is when something big happens so that there are major changes in the characters life. Act three is when the problems and changes in the characters life are resolved (Writerswrite.com,