| A | B |
|---|
| protagonist | the good guy |
| antagonist | the bad guy |
| conflict | the problem in the story |
| foreshadowing | a hint of what will happen next |
| flashback | a scene showing something that happened in the past |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| plot | the main story, or sequence of events leading up to the most exciting part |
| initiating event | the event that starts all the action in a story |
| rising action | includes the event in the plot that lead to the climax |
| climax | the most exciting part of a story |
| descending action | includes the events after the climax that lead to the resolution |
| conclusion/resolution | how the story is fixed |
| point of view | the perspective that a story is told from |
| theme | the lesson learned, or point of a story |
| mood | the overall feeling or emotion the author meant you to have while reading |
