Plot Diagram

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Exposition is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story; sets up the story

Conflict is a struggle or problem a character in a story must overcome.

Rising Action is a related series of events in the plot of a story that build toward the point of greatest interest.

Climax is the most dramatic or intense point of a story, play or movie; the turning point in the story where things start to change.

Falling Action is action that happens right after the climax of a story, where the tension decreases.

Resolution is the conclusion of the story by the resolving of conflicts between characters.