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1EXPOSITIONBackground information, introduces setting and characters.
2RISING ACTIONEvents that lead to the climax.
3CLIMAXThe turning point.
4FALLING ACTIONEvents that follow the climax, and lead to the end.
5RESOLUTIONThe conflict is resolved, and it's the end of the story.
6CONFLICTThe main struggle or problem in the story.
7INTERNAL CONFLICTConflict that only involves one person, and it is and emotional conflict within someone.
8EXTERNAL CONFLICTConflict that involves more that one person, and is a problem that involves more than one person or more than one thing.
9SETTINGThe time, place and environment to the story.
10THEMEThe underlying message or moral of the story.
11MOODThe feeling the story creates.
12DIRECT CHARACTERIZATIONWhen a character is described by the narrator.
13INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATIONWhen a character is described through someone else's thoughts or words.
14DYNAMIC CHARACTERA character that's personality or views change through out the story.
15STATIC CHARACTERA character that doesn't change.
16ROUND CHARACTERA character where the reader knows know a lot of background information.
17FLAT CHARACTERA character that the reader knows little background information about.
18CHARACTER VS. SELFA conflict within the character.
19CHARACTER VS. CHARACTERA conflict between two characters.
20CHARACTER VS. NATUREA conflict involving the character, and elements of nature.