Plot Power
The moment of highest tension—the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
This term describes the main character in the story.
Who is the protagonist?
This narrative element tells you when and where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
A struggle between opposing forces in the story.
What is conflict?
The sequence of events in a story is known as this.
What is the plot?
This is the beginning of a story where characters, setting, and conflict are introduced.
What is the exposition?
This character opposes or creates challenges for the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
The emotional atmosphere or feeling a reader gets from a scene.
What is the mood?
This type of conflict happens inside a character’s mind.
What is person vs. Self?
The main problem or struggle faced by the characters is called this.
What is the conflict?
The events that build tension and move the story toward the climax.
What is the rising action?
This type of character shows very little emotional or personal growth during a story.
What is a static character?
Words that describe how the author feels about a topic or character.
What is tone?
A character battling nature, such as a storm or animal, is which kind of conflict?
What is person vs. nature?
The perspective from which a story is told—for example, first-person or third-person.
What is the point of view?
The part of the plot where loose ends are tied up before the resolution.
What is the falling action?
This type of character grows, changes, or learns a lesson by the end of the story.
What is a dynamic character?
A vivid description that appeals to the senses and helps build the setting.
What is imagery?
When a character fights against another character, the conflict is called this.
What is person vs. person?
The central message or lesson the author wants the reader to take away from the story.
What is the theme?
The final outcome of the story, where the conflict is resolved.
What is the resolution?
The process an author uses to reveal a character’s personality through actions, speech, and thoughts.
What is characterization?
This literary device gives human qualities—like feelings, actions, or thoughts—to animals, objects, or ideas.
What is personification?
When a character struggles against magic, monsters, or forces beyond the natural world.
What is person vs. supernatural?
When the author hints at events that will happen later in the story, they are using this literary device.
What is foreshadowing?