Narrative Writing Elements

The beginning of the story where setting, characters, and a situation are introduced.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

Where the story's central conflict is introduced

• Exposition

• Inciting Incident

• Rising Action

• Resolution

The end of the story where the main conflict is resolved.

• Falling Action
• Exposition
• Resolution
• Climax

The events and plot tension leading up to the climax of the story.

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Exposition

• Climax

Takes place immediately after the climax of a story. The problems involved in the story's conflict begin to decrease.

• Falling Action

• Resolution
• Conflict
• Exposition

The most exciting and dramatic part of a story.

• Introduction
• Climax
• Exposition
• Resolution

The leading character in a literary work. This character drives the action of a story and they are directly involved in the conflict.

• Supporting character
• Narrator
• Protagonist
• Antagonist

A character who opposes the main character. They can also be events, organizations, creatures, natural forces, or a group of characters.

• bad guy

• supporting character
• protagonist
• antagonist

A character that changes throughout the course of a story.

• Dynamic character
• Supporting character
• Flat character
• Static character

A character that stays the same throughout the course of a story.

• Protagonist
• Static character
• Antagonist
• Dynamic character