| A | B |
|---|
| character | person in the story |
| setting | time and place the story occurs |
| conflict | a problem in the story |
| internal conflict | a problem inside a character |
| external conflict | a problem outside character |
| plot | the events in a story |
| climax | highest point of tension, turning point |
| theme | lesson the author is trying to teach the reader |
| resolution | a story's ending |
| initiating event | event that starts the conflict |
| rising action | events leading to the climax |
| falling action | events leading to the resolution |
| imagery | using words in a text to evoke the senses |
| flashback | a quick look back into a past event |
| foreshadowing | cluse in a story about what might happen next |
| word choice | selecting specific words to create particular mood or tone |
| static character | a flat character |
| dynamic character | a round character |
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | character working against the main character |
| allusion | reference to something outside of the text |
| pun | a word that has two meanings simultaneously |
| dialect | when dialogue mimics the sounds of someone's speech |
| exposition | necessary background information at the beginning of the story |
| mood | the atmosphere of a story |
| tone | how a story sounds |
| hyperbole | an extreme exagerration |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things |
| personification | giving human qualities or actions to non-human things |
| symbolism | when something represents or stands for something else |
| historical impact | the role or importance a text plays within a particular historical time period |
