the sequence of the events that take place in a story

• Arc

• Plot

• Tactic

• Dramatic Structure

refers to the plot structure of a play including the exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution

• Plot

• Exposition

• Storyline

• Dramatic Structure

the portion of a story that introduces important information to the audience (ex. setting, events that happened in the past, characters, flashbacks, etc.)

• Tactic

• Objective

• Exposition

• Resolution

• the thing that shakes up our protagonist’s world and sets the story in motion.

• Inciting Incident

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Climax

• the events that happen in a story on the way to the climax

• Inciting Incident

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Tactic

the shift in a story. The highest point of the narrative

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Objective

• Climax

• the event following the climax of the story before the resolution

• Falling Action

• Turning Point

• Obstacle

• Rising Action

the final part of a story where the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved

• Objective

• Falling Action

• Resolution

• Exposition

an action or strategy carefully planned to reach a specific ending in the story

• Objective

• Obstacle

• Tactic

• Plot

the goal intended to be attained

• Resolution

• Tactic

• Obstacle

• Objective