Story Elements/Genres

The people involved in the story

• Character

• Plot

• Climax

• Exposition

Where and when the story takes place

• Rising Action

• Setting

• Resolution

• Conflict

The events that move the story along

• Resolution

• Climax

• Plot

• Falling Action

The opening of the story that introduces the basic information about the characters and setting

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Setting

• Plot

The problem or tension in the story that causes the initial action and suspense

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Character

• Conflict

The events following the revelation of the conflict in which the action and/or suspense begin to build

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Setting

The point of highest action; most important point or change in the story

• Resolution

• Characters

• Exposition

• Climax

The action following the climax where the readers learn the effects on the characters

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Plot

• Conflict

The conclusion of the story where all questions are answered and the result or outcome is explained

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Denouement

• Setting

This is the dilemma facing the character from within and its impact on that character.

• Plot

• Setting

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict