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at the restation of the story, as the reader discovers how the story ends

before the action of the story, when the writer is describing the setting

1) Exposition (introduction) - Beginning of the story; characters, background, and setting revealed.

2) Rising Action - Events in the story become complicated; the conflict is revealed. These are events between

the introduction and climax.

• Conflict - Essential to plot, opposition ties incidents together and moves the plot. Not merely

limited to arguments, conflict can be any fOfI1) of struggle the main character faces. Within a short

story, there may be only one central struggle, or there may be many minor obstacles within a

dominant struggle. There are two ~ of conflict:

o Internal - Struggle within one's self.

• Character vs. Self - Struggles with own soul, physical limitations, choices, etc.

o External - Struggle with a force outside one's self.

• Character vs. Character - Struggles against other people.

• Character vs. Nature - Struggles against animals, weather, environment, etc.

• Character vs. Society - Struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of others