The people the story is about or happening to make up a story's
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a) plot
b) narrator
c) conflict
d) characters

D)characters

Explanation:

Plot is basically the setting in the story, narrator is the person who narrates the story, conflict is the main problem or issue that the story revolves around and characters make up the story and the story is about the happenings that occur to them.

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