| A | B |
|---|
| characters | people or animals who take part in the action |
| motivations | a reason or reasons for a character's actions; why they act a certain way |
| direct characterization | the writer tells about or describes the character |
| indirect characterization | the writer uses the character's words and actions to show what a character is like |
| theme | the main message about life in a story |
| universal theme | meesage about life that appears in many places, cultures, and times |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story |
| exposition | an introduction to the story; includes the characters and setting |
| rising action | includes the conflict of a story and the first events |
| conflict | problem |
| climax | the turning point in a story |
| falling action | events that show the conflict being solved |
| resolution | the ending of a story |
| foreshadowing | clues to what will happen later |
| flashback | to switch from the present to a scene from the past |
| irony | surprising or interesting opposites |
| dialect | form of language that people speak in a certain region or group |
