1. Plot Structure
Analyzing plot points

2. Plot Structure

3. Exposition/Introduction
Setting of the scene
Introduce characters

4. Rising action The story builds Characters are in trouble
Events increase

5. Climax The moment of greatest tension
The point to which all events have led
Characters act

6. Falling action Events are a result of the climax
The story nears its end

7. Denoument/Final Outcome
The denoument is the opposite of the exposition.
Remaining plot threads are tied up.
The reader learns how the characters will deal with what has happened to them.

8. Conflict
Internal: a mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character
External: a struggle that occurs between a character and outside forces, which could be another character or the environment

9. Types of Characters
Dynamic: the character goes through an internal change because of the action of the plot
Static: a character whose personality does not change throughout the events in the story’s plot