Story Arc
Modes of Storytelling
100

This event starts the action in a story.

What is the conflict?

100

The mode of storytelling that gives us the setting and tells us about the main characters.

What is exposition?

200

This is also known as the turning point

What is the climax?

200

Words said by one character to another. These are between quotation marks.

What is dialogue?

300

What part of the story arc is always present, but sometimes only implied?

What is the resolution?

300

This mode of storytelling is found throughout the story, even within other modes of storytelling.

What is exposition

400

Short series of events that return the protagonist to a state of "normalcy" or growth.

What is the falling action?

400

The thoughts of a character

What is interior monologue?

500

These events form the part of the story that holds the most tension for the reader.

What is rising action?

500

The movements and of characters in space. This part is visual in movies and television.

What is narration?

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