| A | B |
|---|
| setting | time and place |
| protagonist | main character with problem |
| antagonist | protagonist's problem |
| plot | related events in a story |
| climax | point of greatest emotion in story |
| falling action | action after the climax that ties up loose ends |
| rising action | complications or obstacles |
| exposition | beginning of plot;introduces characters, setting,problem and background info |
| initial incident of conflict | event that gets the plotline rolling |
| dynamic character | character who changes dramatically |
| irony | opposite of what is expected happens |
| pun | play on words |
| allusion | making reference to another work of art |
| foreshadowing | hints of things to come |
| flashback | interrupts chronological plot to fill in past event |
| static character | character doesn't change |
| theme | author's message |
| mood | atmosphere a work creates |
| tone | author's attitude toward his subject |
| 1st person point of view | narrator is character in story; uses I pronoun |
| 3rd person limited | narrator is outsider who can reveal one character's thoughts and feelings; uses he, she pronouns |
| 3rd-person omniscient | all-knowing narrator is an outsider who knows thoughts and feelings of all characters; uses he, she pronouns |
| resolution | end of plot; conclusion |
| round character | character has strengths and weaknesses ; fully developed |
| flat character | character tends have only one or two major character traits |
| suspense | feeeling of curiosity or anticipation that keeps the reader interested in what will happen next |
