This document outlines key elements of fiction and nonfiction stories including plot, character types, and narration. It defines the plot triangle of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Exposition introduces characters and setting. Rising action builds suspense through complications. The climax is the most intense point, followed by falling action which resolves loose ends. Character types are defined as protagonists, antagonists, static characters who don't change, and dynamic characters who do change. Narration can be first, third, or omniscient perspectives.

1. English Language Arts
Grade 9

2. Types of Stories
Fiction Nonfiction
Fake
Imagined
Fantasy
Real
True info
from real life
Auto-
biography

3. Plot
The sequence of events in the story
What happens
Who does it happen to
What are the conflicts/problems

4. Plot Triangle
Climax
Rising Action Falling Action
Exposition Resolution
(beginning) (ending)

5. Exposition
 Begins structure of plot
 Sets tone
 Establishes setting
 Introduces characters
 Gives readers important background information

6. Rising Action
 Moves plot along
 Adds complication to expanding the conflict
 Helps build suspense to a climax (or turning point)

7. Climax (or Turning Point)
 Moment when reader’s interest and emotional
intensity reach highest point
 Occurs toward end of a story after reader has
understood conflict and become emotionally invested
in the characters

8. Falling Action (or Resolution)
 Occurs after climax of a story
 Resolves any “loose ends” in a story
 End of plot triangle

9. Terminology
Setting
Time and place where the story occurs
Theme
The main idea of a story or novel
Conflict
Disagreement or contradiction between characters

10. The position of a narrator in relation to a story…
• 1st person – The narrator is a character in the story
•3rd person – Narrator is not a character in the story
•3rd person Omniscient – All-knowing , “Voice of God”-
type narration

11. Character
Protagonist – Main character, sometimes
seen as the hero of a story
Antagonist – Goes against or conflicts
with the protagonist
Static - Character that stays the same
throughout the story
Dynamic - Character that changes
(thoughts, how he/she treats others)
during the story