| A | B |
| What happens in the story | Plot |
| Provides needed background information | Exposition |
| Struggles between or within characters. ( Problem) | Conflict |
| The par of the plot in which the conflict intensifies | Rising Action |
| Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling action | Elements of plot |
| The par of the plot in which the conflict intensifies | Rising Action |
| chain of events that take place in a story | Plot |
| The turning point of action when the reader’s interest is at its highest point | Climax |
| The action after the climax in which the conflict is often resolved. | Falling Action |
| The time and place in which the events occur the place can be real or imaginary | Setting |
| A theme is a central idea or message in a work of literature. (lesson learned) | Theme |
| Logical guesses based on clues in the text and common sense. | Inferences |
| Matching the timing | Synchronizing |
| People animals or other things involved in the plot of the story | Characters |
| Where and when the story takes place | Settng |
| Who is telling the story. ( 1st person or 3rd Person) | Point of view. |
| when a character from inside the story is telling the story | 1st person |
| WHen you are writing from a narrator point of view | 3rd person |
| The message that the author is trying to convey | Theme |