| A | B |
|---|
| conflict | problem in the story |
| external conflict | problem between an individual and someone/something else |
| internal conflict | problem in a character's mind, can include a decision to make |
| individual vs. individual | struggle between 2 or more people or groups |
| individual vs. society | struggle between an individual and a culture or society |
| individual vs. nature | struggle between an individual and nature |
| mood | overall feeling in a literary work |
| plot | series of events that make up a story |
| exposition | beginning of story - includes setting and characters |
| rising action | events leading to the climax |
| climax | turning point / most exciting part of the story |
| falling action | events leading to the conclusion |
| resolution | conclusion of story (problem gets solved) |
| point of view | the angle from which the story is told |
| first person point of view | narrator is IN the story, refers to him/herself as "I", "we", or "us" |
| third person point of view | narrator is OUTSIDE the story, uses words such as "he", "she", "they" |
| narrator | person telling the story |
| theme | message the author is trying to get across to the reader (lesson/moral) |
| foreshadowing | when the author gives hints or clues to what's going to happen |
