| A | B |
| setting | time and place |
| protagonist | main character with problem |
| antagonist | protagonist's problem |
| plot | events in a story |
| climax | point of greatest emotion in a story |
| denouement | conclusion, resolution |
| rising action | complications |
| exposition | beginning of plot |
| narrative hook | initial incident of conflict |
| dynamic character | character who changes dramatically |
| irony | opposite happens of what is expected |
| pun | play on words |
| allusion | making reference to another work of art or literature |
| foreshadowing | hints of things to come |
| flashback | interrupts chonological plot |
| static character | character doesn't change |
| theme | author's message |
| mood | atmosphere a work creates |
| tone | author's attitude |
| point of view | 1st, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient |