Plot Structure
The point of the story with the highest emotion
Climax
A conflict that exists within the mind of a character who is torn between choosing right or wrong
What is person vs self
The young lovers face the conflict of their love being forbidden due to their feuding families.
What is Person vs Society
A lonely man guarding a lighthouse battles ghostly apparitions that warn of an incoming shipwreck.
What is first person vs supernatural
The people or animals in the story is called what?
characters
The events after the climax.
What is falling action?
conflict exists when a character struggles against some outside force. Internal or external?
What is external
Captain Ahab battles the great white whale, representing man’s struggle against the uncontrollable forces of nature.
What is Character vs. Nature
A farming village must fight against a swarm of locusts threatening to destroy their only food supply.
What is person vs nature
the author's introduction to the characters and setting.
What is exposition?
Type of conflict when two characters oppose each other. Person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. society, person vs. self?
What is Person vs. person
A detective struggles with guilt after realizing his mistake put an innocent man in prison.
What is Character vs Self
In a city where music is banned, a teenage boy risks everything to play his violin in secret.
What is person vs society
Adam thinks about a problem for several hours. This is what type of conflict?
What is person vs self
The end of the story where the conflict is resolved.
What is resolution
What type of conflict occurs when the character struggles against weather, survival, wildlife, etc? Person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. society, person vs. self?
What is Man vs. Nature
A girl discovers her father’s invention has developed a mind of its own—and it wants freedom.
What is Person vs. Technology
Two sisters wage war over who should rule after their father, the king, dies suddenly.
What is person vs person
The events in order before the climax.
What is rising action?
What type of conflict occurs when the character struggles against a group of people or a government? Person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. society, person vs. self?
What is man vs society
A young woman discovers her reflection has come alive and is trying to take her place.
What is person vs supernatural
A musician finds an ancient harp that makes the dead dance, and he must break its curse before it consumes him
What is person vs supernatural