| A | B |
| Plot | Sequence of events in a story |
| Character | A person, animal, or creature that is in a story |
| Setting | Time and Place of a story |
| Theme | Lesson or moral |
| Exposition | Characters and Setting are introduced |
| Resolution | Author ties up loose ends |
| Climax | The problem is solved |
| Rising Action | The problem is introduced |
| Nonfiction | The places, people, and events are real |
| Fiction | A story from someone's imagination |
| Essay | A short piece of nonfiction about one topic |
| Biography | A story about someone's life written by another person |
| Autobiography | A person writes a story about their own life |
| Internal Conflict | A problem within a person's mind |
| External Conflict | Two characters get into a fight |
| First Person | A character within the story is telling the story |
| Third Person | The narrator is not in the story |
| Dynamic Character | The character changes during the story. |
| Static Character | The character stays the same in the story. |