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| antagonist | the character that comes into conflict with the protagonist (main character) |
| atmosphere | the general mood, feeling, or spirit of a story |
| chronological | the order in which events actually take place in time |
| climax | the point of greatest tension in a story |
| conflict | a struggle or problem between two opposing characters or forces in a story |
| dramatic irony | a reader knows something that a character doesn't know |
| external conflict | happens outside a character , like a fight or disagreement between a character and another person |
| first-person narrative | narrator is a participant in the story |
| foreshadowing | giving hints about future events |
| imagery | words or phrases that vividly communicate a certain picture, smell or sound |
| internal conflict | the struggle between a character and his conscience |
| irony of situation | when there is a contrast between what appears to be and what really is |
| narrator | person who tells the story |
| objective point of view | narrator describes what the characters look like and do but doesn't look into their thoughts or feelings |
| plot | the action of series of events in a story |
| point of view | the angle from which the story is told |
| protagonist | the main character of the story |
| resolution | solving the conflict in the story, or tying up loose ends |
| setting | the location and time period of the story |
| suspense | what happens when a story keeps the reading from knowing what is going to happen next |
| symbol | an object in a story that represents something else |
| theme | the central idea of the story |
| omniscient point of view | the narrator can tell you the inner thoughts and feelings of every character |
| verbal irony | when a character says one thing but means another |
