Conflict
Ending’s
Structure
miscellaneous
100

A character who goes against the laws of their society 

Character VS society

100

“And they lived ____ ever after” 

Happy ending 

100

Building up, setting up the suspense 

Rising action

100

Central character

Protagonist 

200

Tom and jerry

Character VS character 

200

Sad, goals not reached, characters probably died

Unhappy ending 

200

The MAIN event of the story

Climax

200

Force against the protagonist 

Antagonist 

300

Technology, nature, society

External conflict

300

Unexpected, twist or turn

Surprise ending 

300

Follows the climax

Falling action 

300

Makes the readers curious and fearful

Suspense

400

It happens within a character 

Internal conflict

400

Left confused, “cliffhanger”

Indeterminate 

400

The catalyst that sets the story in motion

Rising action

400

Everything comes together, ‘Chekovs Gun’

Artistic unity 

500

Percy Jackson trying to save his mom

Person VS fate

500

Tense, unfulfilled, non-satifactory 

Unhappy ending

500

Tension fading away 

Falling action

500

God from a machine 

Dues Ex Machina

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