| A | B |
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| Plot | the action in a story |
| Plot Diagram | the Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, and Resolution of a story |
| Conflict | the "problem" in a story which triggers the action. |
| Setting | the time and place in which the action of a story occurs. |
| Mood | the feeling a piece of literature arouses in the reader |
| Narrator | the person who is telling the story |
| Protagonist | the main character of hero of the story |
| Antagonist | the person or thing working against the protagonist; the villain |
| Point of view | the vantage point from which the story is told |
| Theme | the statement about life a particular work is trying to get across to the reader |
