Parts of Plot 1
The events leading up to the climax, where the problem is building?
The rising action.
The people, animals, or things in a story
Characters
The end of the story where loose ends are tied up?
The resolution.
A struggle between a character and an outside force?
External Conflict
The when and where in a story.
Setting
Where is the background information given in the story, like the characters the setting, and the problem?
What is the exposition
The main character in a story?
The protagonist
A character that does change
Dynamic Character
This is the struggle between two opposing forces?
The conflict
Character in conflict with a natural force; external (could be weather, environment, animals, or illness)?
Character Vs. Nature / Man Vs. Nature
This is the time and place a story happens?
What is the setting
This is when the narrator is outside the story and knows everything?
3rd person omniscient
Events after the climax, leading to the resolution?
The falling action.
A character has to make a decision, internal?
Character Vs. Self or Man Vs. Self
The perspective from which the story is told? (first person, second person, third person)
Point of View
A character that does not change at all throughout the story.
Static Character
A character or force in conflict with the main character?
The antagonist
Often called the turning point, this is the _________ ?
Climax
A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character?
Internal Conflict
When a character has a problem with a tradition or rule of society?
Character Vs. Society / Man Vs. Society
This introduces the central conflict; sets the story in motion?
The inciting incident.
When the narrator uses the pronoun "you." Used for giving directions and/or offering advice.
2nd person point of view
Where background information is presented to the reader - like who the characters are, what is the setting, what is the problem?
The exposition
One character is in conflict with another character; external?
Character Vs. Character / Man Vs. Man
The events that make up a story
Plot