The author sets the scene and explains what is going on.

A series of crises that lead to the climax.

The most exciting moment or the turning point of a story.

The conflict lessens, lose ends start to be tied up.

A struggle between two opposing forces.

The leading character struggles with their physical strength against another person.

The leading character struggles against fate, circumstances of life facing them, or forces of nature.

The leading character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other people.

Where and when a story takes place, as well as the social context of that time and place.

The main character or focus of the story (usually but not always the "good guy").

A character or force in conflict with the main character (sometimes but not always the "bad guy).

A central idea in a piece of writing (ie the meaning, life lesson, or moral of the story),