The theme of a story or text can go by either of these names.
What is an idea or concept?
100
Setting, characters, and basic descriptions of opening situations pretty much sum up the main points of this part in the plot.
What is the exposition?
100
Once you've brought someone or something else into the ring, this kind of conflict is no longer just a YOU problem.
What is an external conflict.
struggle between a literary or dramic character
100
Whether during ancient times or modern day, this element of setting is helpful in visualizing the elements of the plot.
What is the time period/era/year?
200
It's not just every once in a while that you notice elements of the plot contributing to theme(s), they're really forming one of these.
What is a pattern?
200
Tension reaches the limit during this point in the plot.
What is the climax?
200
Escaping the devastation of an erupting volcano is clearly an example of this type conflict.
What is man vs. nature?
200
It doesn't matter if your character prefers moccasins or Nikes, capes or cocktail dresses. This element of setting can say a lot about the time period.
What is clothing?
200
Has your protagonist seen the error of his/her ways? Many would argue s/he falls under this category of character.
What is a dynamic character.
300
Love, Death, Isolation, and Diversity are all examples of these types of themes.
What are general themes?
300
Whether everything has been summed up, or the author leads us to think beyond the available pages, it's this part of the plot that can make or break the story.
What is the resolution?
300
In trouble with the law? You obviously suffer from this type of conflict.
What is man vs. society?
300
Are your characters using laptops and smart phones to communicate? Or are they using quill pens and parchment paper? Either way, this element of setting will certainly help us to visualize the plot vividly.
What is technology?
300
It's their inability to resist conflict that makes these characters essential to the plot.
What is/are the antagonist(s)?
400
"The love a family can stay alive beyond the realm of death."
A very precise thing to say, but that's what makes it one of these types of themes.
What is a specific theme?
400
It's where the characters and plot events begin to clash.
What is the conflict?
400
Kings Priam and Menelaus form this deadly strain of character conflict in Homer's "Iliad".
What is man vs. man?
400
This piece of setting determines whether it's surging storms and angry seas, or calm winds and clear skies.
What is (the) weather?
400
This is being indirectly characterized in the following description:
"The gusts tore street signs from their anchors, and turned solid walls into broken links of beams and shattered windows.
What is (the) wind?
500
Whether they're general or specific, themes need to be based on this in order to be proven
What is evidence?
500
Going up?
What is the rising action?
500
Have a tough decision to make? You're not the first to experience this daily form of conflict.
What is man vs. self?
500
Clothing, music, beliefs, traditions, and even food inspire the setting by detailing this part of society.
What is culture?
500
Don't enjoy a change of scenery? You're probably this type of character in literature.