| A | B |
|---|
| Plot | the sequence of events in a literary work |
| Exposition | writings or speech that explains, informs, or presents information |
| Rising Action | all events leading up to climax |
| Climax | a high point of interest or suspense |
| Denouement | all events after the climax |
| Conclusion | wrapping up or ending of story |
| Point of View | speaker of character who tells the story |
| First Person | when a character in the stroy tells the story |
| Third-Person Narrartor | when a voice outside the story narrates |
| Third-Person Omniscient | all knowing voice outside the story |
| Limited Third Person | sees through one characters eyes and reveales only his thoughts, no one elses |
| Characterization | act or creating or developing a character |
| Theme | central message or incite revealed in literary work |
| Mood | feeling created in the reader |
| Tone | writer's attitude torward his or her audience and subject |
| Imagery | appeals to one of the five senses |
| Antagonist | character or force in conflict with the main character |
| Protagonist | main character |
| Conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
| Dialogue | conversation between characters |
| Fiction | prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events |
| Flashback | is a section of a literary work that interupts the sequence of events to relate an event to an earlier time |
| Foreshadowing | use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur |
| Verbal Irony | words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant |
| Dramatic Irony | contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true |
| Situational Irony | an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience |
