<span>1. Exposition is the information needed to understand a story. 2. Plot is the artificial ordering of events. 3. Character is the fictional person 4. Novel is a long prose narrative 5. Complication is the catalyst that begins the major conflict. 6. Mood is partially established by the setting. 7. Climax is </span>the turning point in the story that occurs when characters try to resolve the complication. <span>8. Resolution is the set of events that bring the story to a close.</span>