Geographic Location

The beginning of the story where the characters and setting are revealed

The leading character struggles with their physical strength against other people, forces of nature (environment), or animals.

A character which may be summed up by one or two traits. He/she received limited development at the hands of the author.

Story is told by the protagonist or one of the characters who interact closely with the protagonist or other characters (using pronouns I, me, we, etc.).

WHEN the story is taking place

This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story

The leading character struggles with himself/herself; with their own soul, ideas of right or wrong, physical limitations, choices, and so on.

A stereotyped character, whose characteristics are immediately known because of common conceptions (or misconceptions) about certain groups of people.

The author can narrate the story using the omniscient point of view. She/he can move from character to character, event to event, having free access to the thoughts, feelings and motivations of his characters and he introduces information where and when he chooses.

Rainy, sunny, stormy, or something else?

This is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story

The leading character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other people.

A character who is complex and many-faceted, and thus realistic. The author developed this character fully.

The narrator is simply a ‘fly on the wall,’ and does not know what anybody is thinking. The author only sees what is going on.

The daily life of the characters

This is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed (events between the introduction and climax).

The leading character struggles against fate, or the circumstances of life facing them.

A character who is the same at the end of the story as at the beginning. He/she does not undergo any basic personality changes

The author tells the story in third person (using pronouns they, she, he, it, etc). We only know what the character knows and what the author allows him/her to tell us. We can see the thoughts of and feelings of characters if the author chooses to reveal them to us.

The feeling that is created at the beginning of the story.

The events and complications begin to resolve themselves.
The reader knows what will happen next and if the conflict was resolved or not (events between the climax and resolution)

A struggle with a force outside one’s self

A character who undergoes a permanent change in his/her personality as a result of the situation presented in the story.

The point of view of the story "A man and his mother turn to Cannibalism"