Plot
Setting
Character
Conflict
Point of View
100

the "turning point" of a story

What is the CLIMAX?

100

the actual place where a story takes place

What is PHYSICAL SETTING?

100

the main character of a story

Who is the PROTAGONIST?

100
the name for people, things, or objects which make a character's goal/motive harder to reach

What are obstacles?

100

the type of narrator which tells a story by describing both their actions and feelings, using "I" and expressing the narrator's thoughts

What is FIRST PERSON PROTAGONIST?

200

the ending part of a story when the plot wraps up

What is the RESOLUTION?

200

the time during which a story takes place

What is the CHRONOLOGICAL SETTING?

200

the adversary of the main character within a story

Who is the ANTAGONIST?
200

the physical people, places, objects, weather, etc. which impede the protagonist's progress

What is EXTERNAL CONFLICT?

200

the type of narrator which tells a story from outside a character, describing every action, thought, and feeling like a "god"

What is THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT?

300

the part of the story when conflict begins to emerge around the characters

What is the RISING ACTION?

300

fore example: when a character returns to a place over and over and over again

What is an AGAIN AND AGAIN SIGNPOST?

300

the words characters speak aloud, to others or even themselves

What is DIALOGUE?

300

the name for the end to "conflict" within a plot

What is a RESOLUTION?

300

the type of narrator which tells a story from outside a character, but does not describe the thoughts, emotions, or even some of the actions which characters do

What is THIRD PERSON DRAMATIC?

400

the beginning part of the story when characters and central motives are introduced

What is the EXPOSITION?

400

For example: a small community, a city in the future

a GENERAL SETTING

400
the name for common "tropes" or "styles" of characters which are used by various authors over time and across genres

What are ARCHETYPES?

400

the emotional, psychological, spiritual, or social problems which a character(s) may face within a story

What is INTERNAL CONFLICT?

400

the type of narrator which tells a story from within a character, but thoughts and feelings of the narrator are often not expressed with regard to the story around them

What is FIRST PERSON OBSERVER?
500

the part of the story when the central conflict gets resolved

What is the FALLING ACTION?

500
for example: Number 4 Privet Dr., England

What is a SPECIFIC SETTING?

500

when a character changes their typical behavior suddenly within a story

What is a CONTRAST/CONTRADICTION SIGNPOST?

500

a statement/conclusion one can draw by analyzing a character's motives versus the conflict s/he faces

What is A THEME?

500

the moment when a narrator speaks directly to the reader/audience

What is SECOND PERSON?