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| NARRATIVE | A Story |
| CHARACTERIZATION | The development of a character. Seen through how they LOOK, and the things they SAY, FEEL, and DO. |
| PROTAGONIST | The main character of a narrative. |
| ANTAGONIST | The character that acts against the Protagonist. |
| PLOT | The events of the story. Follows roller coaster format (Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action). |
| INCITING INCIDENT | First conflict that hooks the reader and gets the story started. |
| RISING ACTION | Series of events that stem from the inciting incident and create tension, leading towards the climax. |
| CLIMAX | Often the most exciting part of the story. Also, where the problem is solved. |
| FALLING ACTION | Events that lead to the end of the story and resolve loose ends. |
| ACTION | What happens to, or is done by the characters in the story. |
| DYNAMIC CHARACTER | A character that changes because of what happens in the story. |
| STATIC CHARACTER | A character that stays the same throughout the story. |
| DILEMA | A difficult choice that a character has to make. An either or choice. |
| FORESHADOW | Hint of things to come. |
| CONFLICT | A struggle that a character must overcome during the story. Without it there would be no Plot. |
| PERSON VS. PERSON | A character has a problem with one or more of the other characters. |
| PERSON VS. SELF | A character struggles with himself or herself, trying to make a decision. |
| PERSON VS. SOCIETY | A character has a problem with society. |
| PERSON VS. NATURE | A character is in conflict with an element of nature (cold, heat, tornado) |
| SUSPENSE | An intense sense of expectancy or unknowing. |
| SYMBOL | An act, person, thing, or event that represents something else. |
| NARRATOR | The person telling the story. |
| DIALOGUE | The actual speech of characters. It is punctuated with quotation marks. |
| THEME | The overall message the story is giving about a specific topic. |
| ALLUISON | A reference to a historical event or piece of literature. |
| POINT OF VIEW | Perspective from which the story is told. |
| FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW | Story is told from the perspective of one of the characters in the story. |
| THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW | Story is told by an outside observer, not a character in the story. There are two kinds. |
| THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT | Narrator is all knowing. Narrator can report what all the characters are thinking and feeling. |
| THIRD PERSON LIMITED | Narrator can only share the thoughts and feelings of one character. This helps to create suspense. |
| SETTING | The WHEN and WHERE in which the story takes place. |
| MOOD | The emotion or feeling of the story. |
| IMAGERY | A mental picture created through descriptive language. |
