Story Elements

The time and place in which a story happens

• conflict
• setting
• theme
• climax

A series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict

• plot
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

person or animal that takes part in the action of a short story or literary work

• protagonist
• conflict
• climax
• character

a character that does not change throughout the story

• antagonist
• protagonist
• dynamic character
• static character

a character that changes significantly throughout a story

• protagonist
• antagonist
• dynamic character
• static character

a struggle between two people or things in a story

• conflict
• climax
• theme
• resolution

a struggle within a character

• internal character
• external character

a struggle between a character and an outside force

• internal conflict
• external conflict

the central idea, belief or message about life, in a story

• resolution

• theme

• autobiography

• point of view

background information such as setting, characters, etc.

• resolution
• falling action
• rising action
• expostionn