| A | B |
|---|
| exposition | The introduction (gives setting, creates tone, characters, other necessary facts) |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story |
| inciting force / initial incident | the event or character that triggers the conflict |
| conflict | the essence of fiction, it creates plot, 4 types of conflict |
| rising action | a series of events that builds from the climax |
| crisis | the conflict reaches a turning point |
| climax | the result of the crisis |
| falling action | the events after the climax that closes the story |
| resolution | rounds out and concludes (finishes) the action |
| types of conflict | man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. self |
