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This guide outlines the essential components of plot structure, focusing on the mountain climax as the pivotal moment of action. It discusses complications, which initiate the narrative conflict and drive the story forward. The exposition provides crucial background information on characters and setting, answering fundamental questions of who, when, and where. Finally, the denouement serves as the unraveling of the story's complexities, paving the way for the resolution, the ultimate event that brings closure to the narrative.
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The Plot Mountain
Climax It is the highest point of action in the story, the turning point that begins the spiral to the end. Complication The problem that gets the whole story going. This problem is the reason that the rest of the story exists. Denouement French word – day-new-ma It means “the unraveling of the knot.” It is almost the end. The event that must take place before the finalresolution can be reached. Exposition Background information about the characters and setting. Who? When? Where? Resolution The final event of the story.