1. Literary Terms for story plots What the heck is it all about?

2. Plot What happens in the story

3. Conflict With out some sort of tussle, there just isn’t a story to read. External conflict: A character struggles against another person, group of people or force of nature (tornado or a bear). Internal conflict: A struggle that takes place in the character’s mind, like when a character must make a decision.

4. Complications Nothing is ever easy. There is always something that makes life complicated for the main character. A series of events that make it very hard or the character to get what he/she wants.

5. Climax It’s all downhill after this. The story’s most emotional or suspenseful moment. The point at which the conflict is decided one way or another.

6. Resolution There isn’t anymore after this. The last part of the story. The conflict is resolved and the loose ends of the story are tied up. This is how the story ends.