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| point of view | the vantage point from which a story is told |
| myth | a story that uses supernatural forces and entities to explain objects or events in the natural world |
| third person point of view | the narrator stands outside of the action |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| plot | series of events in a story |
| character | a person who figures into the action of a literary work |
| characterization | the use of literary techniques to create a character |
| conflict | the struggle or problem in a work of literature |
| internal conflict | an emotional or mental conflict that causes a character to be at odds with himself |
| external conflict | a conflict that causes a character to be at odds with another character or outside force |
| Freytag's Pyramid | the proper name for a plot diagram |
| exposition | the beginning of a story |
| climax | turning point or highest point of interest in a story |
| rising action | the conflicts that lead up to the climax of a story |
| falling action | all of the action that follows the climax and leads to the resolution of the story |
| resolution | the point in the story where the central conflict is solved |
| denouement | ties up all the loose ends of a story |
| protagonist | the main character |
| antagonist | the character that works against the main character |
| first person point of view | told from the point of view from a character within the story |
