| A | B |
| Characters | the people or animals in a story |
| Plot | the events in a story |
| Point of View | who's telling the story |
| Setting | the time and place of a story |
| Theme | a message or lesson about life |
| Exposition | background information about characters and setting |
| Conflict | the main problem in the story |
| Resolution | how the conflict is resolved |
| Climax | the most exciting event; after this the story begins to end |