Plot Elements Review

This is the beginning of a novel or story and may be short or long, but is always flat (little action or emotion). Setting, characters, and main conflicts are introduced to the reader.

• Setting
• Exposition
• Conflict
• Rising Action

The problem in a fiction

• Conflict
• Falling Action
• Characters
• Exposition

The time period of the story, as well as the location of the story.

• Resolution
• Characters
• Climax
• Setting

People involved in the story. Can be protagonists and antagonists.

• Characters
• Theme
• Setting
• Falling Action

Good Guy Character

• PROtagonist
• ANTagonist

Villain Character

• PROtagonist
• ANTagonist

Events in a story that build suspense and add details to the conflict.

• Rising Action
• Theme
• Exposition
• Characters

The turning point of the story. The conflict is at its highest point, and the story begins to change.

• Resolution
• Climax
• Conflict
• Setting

Events after the climax, details that show what happens after the climax.

• Conflict
• Character
• Falling Action
• Rising Action

The end. The conflict is resolved.

• Setting
• Theme
• Conflict
• Resolution