| A | B |
| climax | the story's most emotional or suspenseful moment |
| resolution | the last part of the story |
| complications | series of events that makes it very hard for the character to get what they want |
| foreshadow | clues that hint at future events |
| plot | consists of a series of related episodes that happen in a story |
| conflict | struggle between opposing characters or forces |
| external conflict | a character struggles against another person, a group of people or a force of nature |
| internal conflict | a character struggles with something in their own mind |
| basic situation | tells the characters and the conflict or problem in a story |