| A | B |
|---|
| plot | series of events that occur in story |
| setting | place, time, and social conditions of a story |
| protagonist | main character (not just "good guy") |
| antagonist | rival character of protagonist (non just "villain") |
| mood | feeling you get as you read story |
| theme | central idea of literary work |
| point of view | way in which a story is told |
| first-person point of view | narrator or person in story tells it |
| third-oerson point of view | narrator is someone outside story |
| third-person omniscient | narrator is all-knowing (God-like) |
| third-person objective | narrator reports only what characters do |
| symbolism | use of an "object" to represent idea or concept |
| verbal irony | opposite of what intended meaning is said |
| situational irony | opposite of what is expected or intended happens |
| internal conflict | a character must make a choice or decision |
| external conflict | a physical fight, verbal fight or battle with environment |
