| A | B |
|---|
| carefully selected series of events, usually with a complication | plot |
| time, place, and conditions of the story | setting |
| people involved in the story | characters |
| main character | protagonist |
| secondary character | antagonist |
| through whose eyes a story is told | point of view |
| turning point of a story | climax |
| mood of the story | tone |
| character mentally reliving earlier experiences | flashback |
| an unexpected turn of events | irony |
| theme central or universal idea of a story | theme |
| lesson learned from a story | moral |
| also called conflict | struggle |
| biased only one sided | subjective approach |
| open minded | objective approach |
