Complications
Suspense
Internal Conflict
Foreshadow
Plot
Resolution
Inciting Incident
External Conflict
Climax
Conflict
The introduction to the problem and the first major action.
It's what happens in a story.
The struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces.
What keeps you reading to figure out what is going to happen next.
A series of events that make it hard for the character to solve problems or work out their conflicts.
A character struggles against something outside themselves.
When a writer hints at future events.
This happens inside a characters mind.
The most exciting or emotional part of the story.
The last part of the story where loose ends of the plot are tied up and the story ends.