Resolution
Conflict
Exposition
Falling action
Rising action
Plot
Setting
Climax
Provides readers with the background information they need to understand the story; includes characters and setting.
a struggle between opposing characters and/or forces
The consequences of the protagonist's action or decision play out; the conflict is finally decided.
The time and the place in which a story occurs
The series of actions and events that take place in a story
The unfinished parts of the plot are resolved; the story comes to its conclusion.
Things begin to happen; the conflict is introduced; tension builds.
The moment of greatest tension in the conflict; the turning point of the story
