Plot and Conflict Word Search

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Play a Plot and Conflict word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.

Words to find: EXPOSITION, RISINGACTION, CLIMAX, FALLINGACTION, RESOLUTION, PROTAGONIST, ANTAGONIST, CONFLICT, MANVSMAN, MANVSNATURE, MANVSSOCIETY, MANVSSELF.

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Plot and Conflict word list, defined

EXPOSITION /ˌɛkspəˈzɪʃən/ · noun
A comprehensive explanation or description of an idea, theory, or subject; also, the act of setting forth or making something clear. In music and writing, it refers to the opening section in which themes or background information are introduced. Related: explanation, explanation of, account, presentation.
CLIMAX /ˈklaɪmæks/ · noun
The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination. In rhetoric, an arrangement of ideas in ascending order of importance, or the final and decisive moment of such a sequence. Related: peak, pinnacle, culmination, apex.
RESOLUTION /ˌrɛzəˈluːʃən/ · noun
A firm determination to do something or to overcome a difficulty. It can also mean the act of settling a dispute or problem, a formal statement of opinion, or the level of detail with which an image, sound, or display is represented. Related: determination, decisiveness, firmness, settLEMENT.
PROTAGONIST /prəˈtɒnəstɪst/ (British); /prəˈtɑːnəstɪst/ (US) · noun
The main character or leading figure in a story, play, film, or other work. In a broader sense, it can refer to the person or group chiefly responsible for achieving an outcome or advancing a cause. Related: lead, hero, central character, main character.
ANTAGONIST /ænˈtæɡənɪst/ · noun
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. In literature and drama, the character who opposes the protagonist. Related: adversary, opponent, enemy, foe.
CONFLICT /ˈkɒn.flɪkt/ (noun); /kənˈflɪkt/ (verb) — British; /ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/ and /kənˈflɪkt/ in US English. Stress falls on the first syllable as a noun and the second syllable as a verb. · noun, verb
A serious disagreement or incompatibility between people, groups, ideas, or interests; also, as a verb, to be incompatible or at variance with something else. Related: dispute, clash, struggle, quarrel.

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