⛰️The Story Mountain (Plot)
🧩Story Building Blocks
🗺️SETTING
What it isWhere & when the story happens
🏰 "Long ago, in a stormy castle…"
🧑CHARACTER
What it isA person, animal, or being in the story
🔎 Shown through actions & words
⚡CONFLICT
What it isThe challenge that drives the story
🎯 Every story needs one!
💬Dialogue Brings Characters to Life
🗣️ How to write what they say
Wrap the spoken words in quotation marks “ ”
Add a tag like she shouted so we know who's talking
Real talk makes characters feel alive!
✨Paint the Scene with Sensory Details
🔑Key Terms
📖Narrative A story — a written account of connected events.
🪜Plot The sequence of events that make up a story.
🎭Characterization How an author reveals a character — through actions, dialogue, and descriptions.
⚡Conflict The challenge or problem that drives the story.
🏔️Climax The most exciting, decisive moment of the story.
✅Resolution How the story's problem is solved at the end.
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Remember: build your story up to the climax — dialogue and sensory details make every scene feel alive and keep readers hooked to the end!