vocabulary 1: basic composition from the story, "The Winner" and literary terms Tools A B plot series of actions in a story theme the main idea of the entire story or poem foreshadowing hints about what will occur later in the story unpretentious modest edification emlightenment garrulous talkative clamoring crying out obscurity lack of fame veranda open porch effusively emotionally incredulity disbelief narrative tells a story character's motivation what causes the character to behave the way he/she does setting time and location of the story climax turning point in the plot