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| plot | the sequence of events that hooks you in and keeps you reading so you will find out what happens |
| characters | the people or animals who take part in the action |
| setting | the time and place of the action |
| theme | the central message expressed in the story |
| exposition | sets up the situation and introduces the characters; the beginning |
| rising action | events that increase the tension, build the story |
| climax | highest point of interest; most exciting point |
| falling action | events that follow the climax |
| resolution/denouement | final outcome is achieved; loose ends are tied up |
| conflict | struggle between two opposing forces |
| external conflict | where the character struggles against an outside force such as another character |
| internal conflict | where a character struggles within him/herself |
| direct characterization | the writer tells the reader the characters' traits through direct statements and descriptions in the story |
| indirect characterization | the writer reveals the characters' personalities through their own words, thoughts, and actions as well as by what other characters say to them or about them |
| first person point of view | the narrator is a character in the story and the reader identifies the use of I or me to indicate first person |
| third person limited point of view | the narrator's knowledge is limited to what one character knows |
| third person omniscient point of view | the narrator knows most everything that is going on in the story and in the minds of all the characters |
