Plot, Setting, Theme, Climax

The central idea or lesson about life the story conveys

• narrative hook

• setting

• resolution

• theme

The time and place of a literary work

• climax

• falling action

• setting

• plot

The sequence of events in a literary work; the development of the central conflict

• plot or plot development

• narrative hook

• rising action

• conflict

Introduces background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers

• exposition

• resolution

• rising action

• narrative hook

The beginning where the author grabs the reader's attention

• narrative lead

• exposition

• plot

• setting

The highest point of interest in the plot

• falling action

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

A direct result of the story's climax; the beginning of the conflict resolution

• setting

• resolution

• exposition

• falling action

The point when the conflict is resolved

• resolution

• exposition

• theme

• narrative hook

Biloxi, Mississippi, 1949 would be an example of _________________________.

• theme
• setting
• plot
• conflict

The point where the conflicts begin to build

• exposition

• narrative hook

• climax

• rising action