| A | B |
|---|
| Characters | Made up people or animals |
| Plot | made up series of events |
| narrator | one who is telling the story |
| first person point of view | told from perspective of person in the story |
| third person point of view | person is outside the story |
| prediction | logical guess about what will happen next in a story |
| prior knowledge | what one already knows about a subject |
| exposition | the introduction of the setting, characers and situation in a story |
| conflict | the problem in a story or opposing forces |
| internal conflict | a struggle within oneself |
| external conflict | a struggle against an outside force |
| climax | the highest point of action in a story |
| rising action | events that occur before the climax |
| falling actiion | events that occur after the climax |
| characterization | the act of creating characters in a story |
| setting | time and place of a story's action |
| resolution | the final outcome or how a problem was resolved |
| fiction | imaginary characters and events |
| theme | message about life |
| stated theme | message expressed directly by the author |
| implied theme | we must figure out the message by the author |
| character traits | qualities of an individual like honesty, stubborness |
| character motives | why an individual does something like revenge, greed,etc |
