• Plot
• Characters
• Setting
Writers create fictional stories to entertain their readers. Writers use key elements of fiction—plot, characters, and setting—to build their stories.
The plot is the series of events that happen in a story.
• The plot is built around a conflict, or problem, that the main character faces.
• During the rising action, the plot develops as complications occur, and the character tries to solve the problem.
• The climax is the turning point, or the most important event of the story.
• Falling action leads to the resolution, where the problem ends.
Read “The Clever Woman” aloud to understand the stages of the plot.