5 Elements of the Plot
The part of the story, usually near the beginning, in which the characters are introduced, the background is explained, and the setting is described.
What is the exposition?
The start of the mountain.
What is the Exposition?
A problem between characters
What is Person vs Person?
One of the characters is telling the story.
What is First Person?
The lesson a story teaches.
What is Moral?
The central part of the story during which various problems arise.
What is Rising action?
The second event in the mountain.
What is the Rising Action?
A problem within a character’s own mind
What is Person vs Self?
Someone from the outside is telling the story.
What is Third Person?
The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader.
What is Mood?
The high point in the action of a story.
What is the Climax?
The top of the mountain.
What is the Climax?
A problem between a character and society, school, the law, or some tradition
What is Person vs Society?
The person or character who actually tells the story, filling in the background information and bridging the gaps between dialogue.
What is the Narrator?
The attitude or feeling that comes across in a piece of literature, revealed by the characters, the word choice, and the general writing style.
What is Tone?
The action and dialogue following the climax that leads the reader into the story’s end.
What is the Falling Action?
The slope of the mountain.
What is the Falling Action?
A problem between a character and some element of nature – a blizzard, hurricane, mountain climb, etc.
What is Person vs Nature?
The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.
What is the Protagonist?
The message about life or human nature that is “hidden” in the story that the writer tells.
What is the Theme?
The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end.
What is the Resolution?
The bottom of the mountain.
What is the Resolution?
A problem or struggle that appears to be well beyond a character's control.
The person or force that works against the hero (protagonists) of the story.
What is the Antagonist?
The place and the time frame in which a story takes place.
What is the Setting?