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| A protagonist | is the main character in a story. |
| An antagonist | is a character who struggles against the main character. |
| Characterization | is the act of creating a character. |
| A writer creates characters in three ways #2 | by showing what characters say, do, or think; |
| A writer creates characters in three ways #3 | by showing what other characters say or think about them; |
| A writer creates characters in three ways #1 | by describing what physical features, dress, and personality the characters display. |
| A plot ususally contains | the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. |
| A story may begin with exposition, | the introduction of the setting, characters, and basic situation. |
| The rising action | develops the conflict. |
| The climax | is the turning point of the story. |
| The falling action | is all the events that follow the climax. |
| The resolution | is the point at which the central conflict ends. |
| A theme of a work of fiction (or any other literary work) | is a central idea of the work. |
| Theme | is different from subject. |
| Themes are about topics such as | “horses,” “friendship,” or “tornadoes.” |
| A theme | is a broad statement about a topic, such as “animals can be our most loyal companions,” “friends are worth more than money,” or “tornadoes might destroy buildings but not communities.” Many stories share the same subject but have different themes because they make unique statements about that subject. |
| A story may have | more than one theme. |
| Point of view | is the vantage point from which a story is told. |
| In stories told from first-person point of view, | the narrator takes part in the action of the story and includes himself or herself in the telling of the story by using words such as I and we. |
| In stories told from the third-person point of view, | the narrator is more of an observer, standing outside the action of the story and relating details to the reader using words such as he, she, it, and they. |
| Static character | A character that does not experience any internal change during the course of the story. |
| Dynamic character | A character who undergoes a significant change in their personality or outlook during the course of the story. |
| Limited Point of View | Narrator only knows thoughts and feelings of one character. |
| Omnicent Point of View | Narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters as well as of all time periods in the story. |
| Recurring Theme | Theme that is universal and occurs over and over again. |
