| A | B |
|---|
| exposition | introduces the characters and the setting, including place, time, etc. |
| narrative hook | initial conflict or problem that makes the reader want to keep reading to find out what happens |
| rising action | events that complicate resolving the initial conflict |
| climax | highest point of interest or action; the point at which the outcome seems clear |
| falling action | events that begin to explain how the conflict will be resolved |
| resolution | reveals how the conflict is solved, in some stories such as a cliffhanger, this occurs in thereader's mind |
| anti-climax | an event in the story that leads the reader to believe the outcome has been decided, but is later shown to be just another rising action |
| conflict | the struggle between two opposing forces |
| internal conflict | a person who struggles against self - to make a decision, to make a moral choice, or attain a personal goal |
| external conflict | character struggles against an outside force: nature, another person, society |
| flat character | character's who reveal only one personality trait |
| round character | character who reveal varied and sometimes contradictory traits |
| static character | character who doesn't change (emotionally, morally,etc.) |
| dynamic character | character who changes emotionally, morally, etc. because of an event in the story |
| point of view | relationship of the storyteller to the story |
| first person point of view | a character in the story telling it from his/her vantage point using "I" |
| limited third person point of view | story is told from one character's viewpoint, but is referred to by name, or she or he |
| omniscient viewpoint | the author acts as a narrator from outside the story, and is able to more than one character's thoughts |
