| A | B |
|---|
| genre | type or category of literature |
| novel | long, fictional narrative |
| novella | shorter than a novel, longer than a short story |
| theme | statement about life author wants to make |
| moral | lesson about life |
| fiction | stories that are made up |
| non fiction | true stories |
| foil | character or setting that highlights the protagonist's traits |
| point of view | vantage point from which the story is told |
| characterization | method of revealing character |
| limited | 3rd person point of view-know the thoughts of one character |
| omniscient | 3rd person point of view- know the thougths of more than one character |
| plot | sequence of events or actions |
| subplot | story within a story |
| frame story | story that sets up another story |
| direct | author comes right out and tells you about character |
| indirect | author makes you figure out character through clues |
| short story | few plots and subplots |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison saying something IS something else |
| personification | giving human characteristics to something non human |
| climax | hight point of emotional instensity |
| resolution | conclusion of a story |
| exposition | introduces setting and characters |
| rising action | introduces conflict |
| falling action | happens after climax |
| narrator | who tells the story |
| 1st person | narrator is in the story |
| 3rd person | narrator is outside the story |
