| A | B |
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| antagonist | a person or force that goes against the protagonist |
| protagonist | the main character or hero in the story |
| round character | full developed with both good and bad traits revealed and background is revealed |
| flat character | possesses only one or two traits |
| dynamic character | changes and learns a lesson during the story |
| static character | does not change during the story |
| climax | the highest point of interest or suspense near the end of a story |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| external conflict | character struggles against some outside person or force |
| internal conflict | struggle takes place within the protagonist's mind to reach some new understanding or decision |
| genre | type of writing, ex. novel, poem, biography, memoir |
| flashback | a section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time |
| foreshadowing | : clues that suggest events that have yet to occur |
| irony | techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions |
| plot | sequence of events that contains conflicts, climax, and resolution |
| symbol | stands for an idea (flag, wedding ring) |
| setting | place and time of the story |
| theme | lesson learned in the story, main idea |
