Character
Plot
Conflict
POV
Basics
100

Main character driving the plot forward.  

Who is the protagonist?

100

Conflict resolves and the story ends. 

What is the resolution?

100

A conflict outside of a character.

What is an external conflict?

100

Narrator is an outside observer, only describing external actions/details. 

What is third person limited? 

100

A story. 

What is a narrative?

200

A complex, multi-dimensional character with depth and nuance. 

What is a round character? 

200

Events that build up to the climax.

What is rising action? 

200

conflict between characters.

What is a person vs person conflict? 

200

When a story use's your and yours. 

What is 2nd person pov?

200

General subject matter.

What is a topic?

300

They are one-dimensional without much depth or complexity. They only show one trait and do not change.

What is a flat character?  

300

Greatest point of tension in the story. 

What is the climax?

300

When the environment or culture is restricting to the character. 

What is a person vs society conflict? 

300

A story uses I, me, and my. 

What is first person pov?

300

Time and place of story.

What is the setting?

400

A character who remains unchanged throughout the story. 

What is a static character? 

400

Events after climax leading to the resolution.

What is falling action? 

400

When a character faces a hurricane, snow storm, flood, or terrible weather. 

What is person vs. nature conflict? 

400

Narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of multiple characters.

What is third person omniscient pov?

400

Central message or big idea.

What is a theme?

500

The villain in the story. 

What is the antagonist? 
500
Introduces characters, setting, conflict. 
What is exposition? 
500

Internal conflict within a character. 

What is person vs self conflict?

500

The narrator only knows the thoughts/feelings of one character. 

What is third person objective POV?

500

The order of the plot diagram.

What is exposition, rising action, climax (peak), falling action, and resolution?