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| Character | Any person or animal that takes part in a story |
| Plot | the sequence of events in a story |
| Rising Action | The events which lead toward the climax |
| Climax | the most emotional or intense moment in a story |
| Falling Action | The events which lead away from the climax toward the resolution |
| Resolution | How the problem is solved in the story |
| Setting | Where and when the story takes place |
| Theme | The lesson to be learned in the story |
| Tone | The attitude the writer takes in the story |
| Sequence | The order of events in a story |
| Narrator | The character telling the story |
| Point of View | The vantage point from which the story is told |
| 1st Person Point of View | The narrator is "I" |
| 3rd Person Point of View | The narrator is watching the story from an outside perspective. |
| Protagonist | The hero or "good guy" in the story |
| Antagonist | The villain or "bad guy" in the story |
| Summary/Summarize | A brief overview of the story |
| Inference/Infer | To make an educated guess |
| Conflict | The problems or struggles a character faces in the story |
| External Conflict | A physical struggle that the character faces |
| Internal Conflict | An emotional struggle that the character faces in the story, a choice the character must make |
| Dialogue | A conversation between two characters in a story |
| Dialect | A form of speaking that is specific to a region |
| Foreshadowing | A clue which tells what happens later in the story |
| Irony/Ironic | A twist in the story, expecting one thing to happens and something completely different happens |
| Symbol/Symbolize | Something that represents something else. |
| Main Idea | The subject or topic that the writer is attempting to convey |
