| A | B |
| conflict | p vs p, p vs self, p vs n, p vs G, p vs s |
| climax | the point of no return |
| complication | causes or intensifies conflicts |
| basic situation | just enough info to understand conflicts |
| dynamic character | main character who changes |
| static character | character who doesn't change |
| resolution | everything after climax |
| first person point of view | the narrator is in the story (I) |
| third person journalistic | narrator, not in story, knows no thoughts |
| third person limited omniscience | narrator, not in story, knows thoughts of one |
| third person omniscient | character, not in story, knows thoughts of many |
| verbal irony | statement contradicts what character actually feels |
| situational irony | element of surprise or unexpected |