Literary Terminology

While not as effective as the figure-eight knot in this application, the overhand knot is used as a 'stop-knot' at the free end of a line, to prevent its' slippage through the eyes of pulleys, and to give the sailor 'one last chance' to catch the line before it pays out.

It provides necessary information so readers can understand the story.

Though writers use the plot mountain as guideline, they sometimes stray from it as they write.

To raise questions the reader will want answered

An ending the reader can predict right away

They raise questions about what happened before and what will happen after.

Will the women tell the men what they have noticed?

A character sees something strange that later turns out to be important.

Objects can carry larger implications about people and situations.

This allows readers to draw their own conclusions about what happens.

Go back and revise earlier parts of the story.

The uhhhh will uhhhh help!!!!

Writers usually use summary to tell information that they don't want to waste long boring paragraphs on, like scenery or background information.

Mrs. Hale's feelings about her kitchen help her understand the crime that happened.

This is just another way of describing the action of a plot. It looks like a triangle (or a mountain) - you start slow with exposition and introducing the characters and setting, then increase the pace and tension until you get to the climax at the peak of the action, and then you slow down until you reach the end of the story.