inciting incident, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and dénouement.

A plot is a storyline. We can define plot as the main events of a book, short story, play, poem, etc. and the way those events connect to one another. Conflicts act as the driving forces behind a plot

we can determine the protagonist and antagonist. The protagonist is the focal point of the conflict

For instance, they can illustrate a different side of the main conflict, or they can highlight the traits of the main characters.

ne of the most important terms you will use is conflict

In order to encourage us to continue reading, writers must force us to react in some way to their characters, whether it is to identify, empathise, or sympathise with them; to dislike or disapprove of them; or to pass judgement on their actions, behaviour and values.

Firstly, the plot usually stretches over a relatively short time span, and will involve fewer characters than a novel. Secondly, a short story will have a certain structure with a turning point or climax which brings the plot in an unexpected direction.

In this section we will concentrate largely on the various elements that make up a fictional narrative; the events that make up a story and how they are arranged (the plot); the perspectives from which stories can be narrated; the act of characterisation; the importance of setting, both in terms of time and place; and the actual language and style which writers adopt to tell their narratives.

Fiction refers to literature created from the imagination. Mysteries, science fiction, romance, fantasy, chick lit, and crime thrillers are all fiction genres.