Story Element Vocabulary

a few important events that happen AFTER the turning point but BEFORE the resolution

• falling action

• climax

• plot

• exposition

how a story ends

• falling action

• resolution

• climax

• rising action

ALL of the action in the story until the climax/turning point; the majority of the story

• exposition

• inciting incident

• rising action

• conflict

sometimes called "the setting" of the story; time, place, main characters

• conflict

• inciting incident

• rising action

• exposition

sequence of events in a story

• plot

• exposition

• conflict

• story element chart

the point of heightened action/emotion in a story

• rising action

• exposition

• turning point

• conflict

the point in the story where the main character "pivots" or changes direction through actions or emotions

• turning point

• climax

• conflict

• internal conflict

a problem or struggle between a character and someone of something outside the character

• internal conflict

• conflict

• external conflict

• climax

also called a plot line graphic organizer which shows all of the major parts of the story in order including the setting and conflicts

• exposition

• turning point

• plot

• story element chart

the problems or struggles in a story

• climax

• conflict

• rising action

• inciting incident