Plot

The place where the story takes place

• Characters

• Conflict

• Setting

• Exposition

The people, animals, or creatures in a story

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Characters

• Climax

The sequence or series of events in a story where all the action takes place

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Plot

• Characters

The background information on the characters and setting explained in the beginning of the story

• Conflict

• Setting

• Resolution

• Exposition

The problem faced by the character or characters in a story

• Characters

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Conflict

The events that happen after the Conflict and before the Climax

• Conflict

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

The turning point in the story and the conflict is resolved

• Conflict

• Theme

• Resolution

• Climax

The events that happen after the Climax and before the Resolution

• Conflict

• Plot

• Falling Action

• Theme

The end of the story; you learn what happens after the Conflict is resolved

• Setting

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Conflict

The message or lesson the author wants the reader to learn from the story

• Theme

• Setting

• Plot

• Characters