There are four essential elements of story: background, conflict, climax, and resolution. The author usually begins a narrative by giving you the background or setting in which the events unfold. Each event then builds on the preceding event and leads to the following event while presenting a problem that must be resolved. This problem is the conflict of the story. As the continues, the conflict is developed through a series of actions. Often, there is a turning point, where the story makes a dramatic change. At this point, the reader comes to the climax of the story, where the problem in the story is fully developed. A story’s climax is usually followed by the resolution, where the problem is resolved in some way, or at least the story reaches some kind of end.