Character � individuals that take part in the action of a story
Main character � the most important character that the action is focused on
Minor character � less prominent character
Dynamic character � main characters that go through change
Static character � remain the same
Setting - the time and place the plot takes place in
Plot � chain of related events
Exposition � the building up of the plot
Inciting incident � an incident that incites the story ahead
Rising action � when the action increases
Climax � the peak of all of the action
Falling action � after the climax when the end of the story comes near
Denouement � the end of the story
Theme- what the story is about.
Ma�tre Hauchecome of Breaute had just arrived at Goderville, and he was directing his steps toward the public square when he perceived upon the ground a little piece of string.
Rising action
He took the bit of thin cord from the ground and began to roll it carefully when he noticed Ma�tre Malandain, the harness maker, on the threshold of his door, looking at him.
Climax
The next day about one o'clock in the afternoon Marius Paumelle, a hired man in the employ of Ma�tre Breton, husbandman at Ymanville, returned the pocketbook and its contents to Ma�tre Houlbreque of Manneville.
Falling action
He talked of his adventure all day long; he told it on the highway to people who were passing by, in the wineshop to people who were drinking there and to persons coming out of church the following Sunday. He stopped strangers to tell them about it. He was calm now, and yet something disturbed him without his knowing exactly what it was. People had the air of joking while they listened. They did not seem convinced. He seemed to feel that remarks were being made behind his back.
Denumont
He died in the first days of January, and in the delirium of his death struggles he kept claiming his innocence, reiterating