Setting: The time and place in which a story unfolds.Rising action leads up to the climax, or turning point. Rising Action: The part of a story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated.The resolution of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is neatly summed up in the following sentence: “Henry and Catherine were married, the bells rang and everybody smiled.”
Conflict/Problem: A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions.Typically, the structure of stories, novels, and plays is one of rising action, in which tension builds to the climax.
Climax: The turning point in a narrative the moment when the conflict is at its most intense.Characterization: The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities.