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| Genre | refers to a category or type of literature based on its content, style, or form |
| Prose | the ordinary form of written language; sentences and paragraphs; not poetry |
| Plot | sequence of events in a story; the order in which things occur |
| External conflict | occurs when a character struggles with an outside force, such as another person, nature, fate, or society |
| Theme | the main or underlying idea, which is usually expressed as a general statement about life |
| First-person | a character in the story tells the story; character uses the first-person pronoun "I" to refer to himself |
| Symbol | person, place, event, or object which stands for or represents something else |
| Protagonist | the main character of a work who may win the reader's sympathy |
| Antagonist | any person or force that opposes or works agains the main character; opponent, enemy, or adversary |
