AP English Literature:: Unit 3 - Structure Plot Conflict

Which narrative structure concept, plot architecture technique, or dramatic principle is described below?

*The classic five-part dramatic plot structure: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Denouement (Resolution).*

**A)** Freytag's Pyramid
**B)** The Hero's Journey
**C)** Three-Act Structure
**D)** In Medias Res

Which narrative structure concept, plot architecture technique, or dramatic principle is described below?

*The introductory phase of a story that establishes the setting, introduces major characters, and reveals foundational background context.*

**A)** Exposition
**B)** Inciting Incident
**C)** Rising Action
**D)** Climax

Which narrative structure concept, plot architecture technique, or dramatic principle is described below?

*The primary event or catalyst that disrupts the initial status quo and initiates the main conflict and narrative arc.*

**A)** Inciting Incident
**B)** Exposition
**C)** Climax
**D)** Peripeteia

Which narrative structure concept, plot architecture technique, or dramatic principle is described below?

*A series of escalating complications, crises, and rising stakes that intensify the central conflict leading toward the climax.*

**A)** Rising Action
**B)** Falling Action
**C)** Exposition
**D)** Denouement

Which narrative structure concept, plot architecture technique, or dramatic principle is described below?

*The decisive emotional peak, turning point, and moment of highest dramatic tension where the central conflict is decisively confronted.*

**A)** Climax
**B)** Inciting Incident
**C)** Denouement
**D)** Exposition

Which narrative structure concept, plot architecture technique, or dramatic principle is described below?

*The events immediately following the climax where the consequences of the climactic decision unfold and loose ends begin to resolve.*

**A)** Falling Action
**B)** Rising Action
**C)** Exposition
**D)** Inciting Incident

Which narrative structure concept, plot architecture technique, or dramatic principle is described below?

*The final unraveling, closure, and reestablishment of a new equilibrium following the resolution of the central conflict.*

**A)** Denouement (Resolution)
**B)** Climax
**C)** Rising Action
**D)** Inciting Incident

Which narrative structure concept, plot architecture technique, or dramatic principle is described below?

*A Latin phrase meaning 'in the midst of things,' describing a narrative technique of opening a story in the middle of crucial action rather than at the chronological beginning.*

**A)** In Medias Res
**B)** Ab Ovo
**C)** Deus Ex Machina
**D)** Flashforward