elements of a story

• Plot


  The events that happen in a story
• Plot

  • Introduction
  • Rising action
  • Climax
  • Falling action
  • Resolution
• Conflict


  A challenge or problem that drives the action of the story
• Setting


  The where and the when of a story
• Theme

  The underlying insight, the moral or idea that the writer is expressing through the story
• Characters


  People or animals that perform the actions and speak the dialogue of a story
• Place


  Where the story takes place