Story Elements/Point of View

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

• falling action
• second person
• rising action
  
• analogy

The struggle between opposing forces

• climax
• conflict
• point of view
• plot

A way of telling a story in which the writer or speaker tells it as though they involved in the story; narrative form using "I" or "me"

• second person
• third person objective
• first person
• third person omniscient

Introduces the characters, settings, and opening situations of a story

• resolution
• climax
• exposition
• conflict

A narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story

• first person
• third person objective
• third person omniscient
• third person limited

A series of events that builds from the conflict; it begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.

• falling action
• rising action
• resolution
• climax

End of the story where loose ends may or may not be tied up

• setting
• exposition
• climax
• resolution

That point in the plot that creates the most intensity, suspense, or interest; usually the point where the conflict is resolved

• falling action
• climax
• conflict
• rising action

The message or comment that a story makes on life.

• main idea
• plot
• theme
• supporting sentence

A story written as told as the experiences of someone else, using the pronouns 'he', 'she', or 'they'.

• 3rd person
• plot
• 1st person
• 2nd person