| A | B |
| Climax | The most emotional or suspenseful moment in a story |
| Conflict | The struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces |
| Setting | The time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place |
| External Conflict | A struggle with outside forces |
| Plot | The series of related events that make up the story |
| Characterization | The act of creating and developing a character |
| Internal conflict | The struggle that takes place within a character's mind |
| Point of view | The vantage point from which a story is told |
| Theme | The suthor's message about life |
| First person point of view | One of the characters, using the personal pronoun I, is telling the story. |