Text placed before each line of dialogue; lets the reader know who is speaking.

A conversation between two or more people.

A message about life and human behavior that an author expresses in a text.

Descriptions or instructions in a play that provide information about characters’ dialogue, actions, and tone, the setting, including sound effects, and details regarding the set, such as lighting, that are usually presented in italics, brackets, or parentheses before a section of dialogue

The beginning of a book or essay that states what the rest will be about

A related series of events in the plot of a story that build toward the point of greatest interest.

The most dramatic or intense point of a story, play or movie.

Action that happens right after the climax of a story, where the tension decreases.

Where the conflict or problem is settled or solved.

a restatement of what has been said

A struggle or problem a character in a story must overcome.

The events in a novel, movie, etc.

A division of a play where the action takes place in one location without a break in time.