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| characters | People or animals in a story. |
| climax | The point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest.r |
| conflict | A struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces. |
| internal conflict | Struggle takes place within the character's own mind. |
| external conflict | Struggle with an outside force, which may be another character, society, or nature. |
| plot | The series of related events that make up a story. |
| complications | Arise when the characters take steps to resolve the conflict. |
| resolution | The final part of a story when the conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close. |
| point of view | How the author chooses to tell the story. |
| all-knowing narrator | The narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems; he, she, they. |
| first-person narrator | One of the characters, using the personal pronoun I, tells the story. |
| protagonist | The main character in a work of literature. The hero. |
| antagonist | The character that opposes the protagonist. |
| theme | The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals. |
| setting | The time and place of a story. |
