Elements of a Story

the part of the story where the protagonist either succeeds or fails to resolve the conflict.

• exposition/exposición

• conflict/conflicto

• rising action/aumento de la acción

• climax/clímax

a character that attempts to stop the protagonist from resolving a conflict; usually, but not always the "bad guy".

• falling action/acción caer

• resolution/resolución

• protagonist/protagonista

• antagonist/antagonista

• inciting incident/incidente incitar

the problem in a story that the protagonist must resolve.

• exposition/exposición

• conflict/conflicto

• rising action/aumento de la acción

• climax/clímax

the main character of a story that attempts to resolve a conflict; usually, but not always the "good guy".

• falling action/acción caer

• resolution/resolución

• protagonist/protagonista

• antagonist/antagonista

• inciting incident/incidente incitar

an event that introduces the conflict and causes the protagonist to make a choice or take action to resolve the conflict.

• falling action/acción caer

• resolution/resolución

• protagonist/protagonista

• antagonist/antagonista

• inciting incident/incidente incitar

the part of the story wherein the protagonist faces a series of complications as they attempt to solve the conflict.

• exposition/exposición

• conflict/conflicto

• rising action/aumento de la acción

• climax/clímax

sometimes called "denouement", this is the end of a story; often tells us what will happen to the protagonist in the future like "they lived happily ever after".

• falling action/acción caer

• resolution/resolución

• protagonist/protagonista

• antagonist/antagonista

• inciting incident/incidente incitar

the part of a story where background information about the setting and characters is revealed to the audience.

• exposition/exposición

• conflict/conflicto

• rising action/aumento de la acción

• climax/clímax

the part of a story after the climax, when the conflict of the story is resolved, but the story isn't over; leads to the resolution or denouement.

• falling action/acción caer

• resolution/resolución

• protagonist/protagonista

• antagonist/antagonista

• inciting incident/incidente incitar