| A | B |
| antagonist | or villain |
| biography | is a story the writer tells about another person's life. |
| character | is a person in the story. |
| action | is everything that happens in a story. |
| autobiography | is a story that writer tells about his or her life. |
| comedy | is a story that makes you smile or even laugh. |
| conflict | is the problem in the story. |
| dialogue | is the talking between the characters in a story. |
| mood | is the feeling a reader gets from the story. |
| drama | is the form of literature commonly known as plays. |
| moral | is the lesson a writer is trying to teach in his or her story. |
| protagonist | is the hero of a story. |
| setting | is the time and place of a story. |
| plot | is the action of the story. |