1. Setting
Where and when a
story takes place.
Setting =
Time + Location

2. Exposition
Background information on the characters and setting that is explained at the beginning of the story.

3. Rising Action
Events that introduce the central conflict (problem), and lead up to the climax of the story. The central conflict is also called the inciting incident.

4. Climax
The point in the story where the conflict and the plot are resolved. The high point of the story!!

5. Falling Action
The end of the central conflict. The events after the climax that lead up to the resolution.

6. Resolution
The end of the story. What happened after the conflict is resolved!!

7. Plot
The way events are ordered in a story. ALL of the action in a story creates the plot!

8. Conflict
The problem faced by the characters in a story—can be internal or external

9. Theme
The point/purpose/main idea of the overall story. Why the author wrote it.