| A | B |
|---|
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | opposing character |
| minor characters | supporting characters |
| problem or goal | how character is going to reach goal, conflict that seems likely to prevent character from reaching goal |
| complication | development that keeps the protagonist from reaching his or her goal |
| theme | the lesson or message or main idea conveyed by the story |
| black moment | moment when everything seems lost |
| climax | last and most dramatic scene, the moment that decides the outcome |
| resolution | reveals how the conflict or problem turns out at the end |
| plot | series of events in a story, connected by cause and effect |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told (first person, second person, third person) |
| allusion | a reference to a work or person or historical event outside the story |
