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| setting | time and place of story |
| dialogue | refers to the talking that goes on between characters in a story |
| plot | series of events that make up the action |
| protagonist | hero of the story |
| characterization | author's way of explaining the characters |
| antagonist | person or thing fighting against the hero of the story |
| theme | author's message or subject being written about or discussed |
| minor character | one who takes part in the action but who is not the focus of attention |
| internal conflict | conflict that takes place inside the character's mind |
| major character | most important character in a story, poem, or play |
| external conflict | character struggles against some outside force |
| mood | the feeling a reader gets from the story |
| irony | contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience thinks or knows to be true |
| symbol | something that stands or represents something else |
| chronological order | order in time in which events occured |
| falling action | the action or dialogue necessary to lead to a resolution or ending |
| rising action | central part of the story during which various problems arise |
| inference | conclusion or opinion arrived at by reasoning |
| flashback | interruption of the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time |
| short story | brief work of fiction usually meant to be read in one sitting - contains a plot which usually deals with a central conflict |
| suspense | feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events |
| climax | highest point in the action of a story |
| resolution | satisfying end of a play or story - the part in which the problems are solved |
| exposition | part of a story that explains the background and setting of the story |
| stereotype | fixed way of thinking about a person without regard to individual differences |
