Plot Structure
Plot Structure/Elements of stories
Perspective
Conflict
"7th Grade"
100
The struggle or problem in a story
What is the conflict
100

the time and place for a story

What is the setting

100

When a narrator uses 'you' or 'your' to give advice or instructions

What is 2nd person POV

100

A conflict that takes place inside a person's mind

Internal conflict/Person V. Self

100

The main character

Who is Victor?

200

the force that a main character in a story struggles with

What is the antagonist

200

A fancy word for the beginning of a story wherein the characters, setting and conflict are introduced

What is the exposition

200
When the author utilizes the pronoun "I" and reveals the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character
What is first person point of view
200

An old man struggles to use his new cell phone

Person vs. Technology

200

The language that the main character fakes knowing to impress a girl

What is French

300

the character we root for

What is the protagonist

300
the action or sequence of events in a story
What is the plot
300
when the author uses "he" or "she" and reveals the thoughts and actions of many characters
What is third person point of view
300

A sea captain tries to get his ship safely through a storm

What is Person vs. Nature

300

The setting of "7th Grade"

What is the first day of 7th grade at a middle school

400
when the problem or struggle is resolved
What is the resolution
400

When the narrator tells the reader important aspects of people in the story

What is direct characterization

400

When a narrator knows one character's thoughts or feelings

What is 3rd person limited

400

Iron Man vs. Thanos

What is person vs. person

400

The object of the protagonist's affections

Who is Teresa?

500
the most exciting part of the story; part of highest tension
What is the climax
500
what a character does, says, or thinks
What is indirect characterization
500

When a narrator knows more than one character's thoughts or feelings

What is 3rd person omniscient

500

Katniss Everdeen vs. the Capitol in The Hunger Games

What is a Person vs. society

500

The author of the story

Who is Gary Soto?