| A | B |
|---|
| The time and place of a story | setting |
| When a narrator outside of the story tells the story | third person point of view |
| The sequence of events in a story - what happens | plot |
| Person vs person; external conflict | a conflict between two or more characters in a story |
| The people or animals who take part in the action | characters |
| The vantage point from which a story is told | point of view |
| Person vs nature | a struggle between a character and some force of nature |
| Also called the end of the story | conclusion |
| Person vs self (internal conflict) | a struggle concerning emotion or decision within a character |
| The high point or turning point in a story | climax |
| Central idea or purpose in the story | theme |
| First person point of view | a a person or character inside the story tells the story |
| examples of narratives | story, novel, biography, autobiography |
