1. Abstract | An initial clause in a narrative that provides an introduction to the events of the narrative and summary of what is to come. |
2. Orientation | Orientation clauses provide information on the setting and context of the events of a narrative, such as time, place and characters involved. |
3. Complicating action | The complicating action is the obligatory part of a narrative and describes the main events of the story through a sequence of temporally oriented clauses. |
4. Evaluation | Evaluative clauses convey the point of a narrative and the personal relation and interest to the narrator. |
5. Resolution | The resolution concludes the events of story/complicating action. |
6. Coda | The final clauses which signify the end of the narrative and return it to the present moment of telling. |