Plot
Narrative Elements Potpourri
Characters
Examples
100
The events in a story that lead up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
100
Time and place.
What are the two parts of setting?
100
A selection about a real person's life that is written by another person.
What is a biography?
100

Then it happened.  The room flashed green and desks flipped.  Girls screamed as books flew across the room.

What is the Climax?

200
How the story ends.
What is resolution?
200
The most exciting part of the story.
What is the climax?
200
A story about a person's life and is written by the person who lived it.
What is an autobiography?
200

Being different suddenly didn't seem so bad after all.  I can't wait until tomorrow.

What is the Resolution?
300
How the author "sets the stage" or begins the story.
What is exposition?
300
Good will triumph over evil. Your friends always have your back. Honesty is the best policy.
What are common themes found in stories?
300
One of the characters, using the personal pronoun "I", tells the story.
What is first-person?
300

When I woke up this morning, I thought it was just another day.  My annoying sister was throwing a ball against my door and the alarm clock announced it was morning. 

What is the Exposition?
400

The problem in a story

What is the conflict?

400

first person, third person

What are points of view?

400
The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is third-person?
400

Mrs. Gray glared at me.  It was happening again but I didn't know if I could hold it in.  I was worried. 

What is the Rising Action?
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