| A | B |
|---|
| Plot | what happens in a story |
| suspense | subtle hints along the way |
| exposition | background information to a story |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| setting | the time and place in which the events take place |
| characters | person/animal who takes part in the story |
| theme | the author's message about life |
| rising action | actions leading to the climax |
| climax | the most emotional or suspenseful moment |
| falling action | follows climax-continues action to ending |
| resolution | problem solved, story ends |
| conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
| complication | things that make resolving a conflict more difficult |
| internal conflict | a conflict in a character's mind |
| external conflict | character struggles with person or force of nature |
