Plot Vocab

Front

Hero, good guy, main character

Back

Protagonist

Front

Where and when the story takes place?

Back

Setting

Front

Turning point of the story

Back

Climax

Front

The villain who challenges the main character

Back

Antagonist

Front

The problem/challenge of a story

Back

Conflict

Front

Events after the story's climax, resolving the conflict.

Back

Falling Action

Front

Before the climax, where conflict builds.

Back

Rising Action

Front

End of a story where the conflict is resolved.

Back

Resolution

Front

Beginning of a story where characters, traits, and setting are introduced.

Back

Exposition

Front

Elements of a fiction story, including events and details.

Back

Plot