Plot Terms - Basic

Characters, setting, and situation introduced.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Inciting Incident

Builds with the inciting incident and ends just before the climax.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

The turning point in the story (the main character will change in some way).

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

The events after the climax.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

The story comes to a conclusion.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

The event that sets the plot into motion, thrusting the main character into the action.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Inciting Incident