| A | B |
|---|
| plot | action of the story |
| exposition | part of story that introduces setting and characters |
| rising action | part of story where tension builds and climbs |
| climax | point of story where tension is highest |
| falling action | part in which the story moves to an end |
| resolution | part in the story in which loose ends are tied up |
| external conflict | conflict between a character and outside force |
| internal conflict | conflict that occurs within a character |
| protagonist | main character in the story trying to overcome an obstacle, person, or force |
| antagonist | the force, person, or obstacle that stands in the way of the main character's attempt to solve the problem |
| narrator | person telling the story |
| characterization | how the author creates people for a story |
| irony | an implication of meaning where there is a striking contrast between what the statement says and means |
| mood | the feeling the author wants the reader to experience |
| first person | narrator is one of the charcters in the story and uses pronouns such as I, me, and we |
| third person limited | point of view in which narrator brings us into the mind of only one character |
| third person omniscient | narrator knows everything about the characters and can see into their minds |
| setting | time and place in which the story occurs |
| suspense | the tension created in the reader by the action of the story |
| symbol | something that stands for something else |
| theme | a brief generalized meaning of the story |
| dialect | a form of language as it is spoken in a certain place and among a certain group of people |
