| A | B |
|---|
| motivation | reasons a character acts in certain situations |
| character traits | honesty and fairness |
| universal theme | message about life that many cultures express |
| conflict | main problem |
| climax | turning point or moment of greatest tension |
| dialect | form of a language that people speak in a certain region or group |
| plot | sequence of events in a story |
| direct characterization | writer tells about the character |
| indirect characterization | writer shows the character through the character's words and actions |
| exposition | setting + characters + beginning of story |
| falling action | events that show that the conflict is solved or lessened |
| resolution | ending of a story |
| foreshadowing | clues to what will happen later |
| flashback | a switch from the present time to a scene in the past |
| irony | surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions |
