Plot and Story Element Revised

Narrator tells story from outside perspective and is NOT a character in the story.

Who is telling the story (narrator).

The feeling of growing tension or excitement that encourages readers to continue reading the story.

Main character battles against group of people, law or society.

Series of events that make up a story.

Conflict where the main character is fighting an animal, weather, or disease.

Introduction to the story that provides details about the characters and setting.

The time and place that a story takes place.

Narrator is a character in the story and tells it from their point of view.

Part of story that develops conflict through the events that build tension and suspense.

Type of conflict that takes place outside the body.

The author's attitude toward subject that is expressed through dialogue and detail.

The problem of the story.

The turning point of the story where the conflict peaks.

Events after climax that lead to resolution.

The only type of internal conflict.

Conflict where the protagonist (main character) struggles with a decision in his own head.

The feeling the reader gets from the text.

The main character (protagonist) in the story.

Conclusion to the story that reveals the solution to the conflict; ties up loose ends.

To persuade, to inform, to entertain