| A | B |
|---|
| plot | sequence of events |
| protagonist | hero of the story |
| antagonist | person against the hero |
| climax | turning point; point of highest interest, suspense |
| resolution | how things are wrapped up |
| conflict | struggle; problem |
| setting | time and place story happens |
| character | person, animal, creature |
| theme | life lesson; moral |
| mood | the feeling the story creates in the reader |
| narrator | person telling the story |
| tone | writer's attitude toward a subject |
| first person point of view | the character is telling the story (Uses "I" "we") |
| imagery | Language that appeals to the five senses (sight, touch, taste, hear, smell) |
| irony | the difference between what you think is going to happen and what actually happens |
| exposition | introduction; author describes setting, characters, and give background information |
| flashback | a jump back in time |
| foreshadow | a clue or hint as to something that will happen later on in the story |
| static character | character that does not change in the story |
| dynamic character | character that changes in the story |
| dialogue | words spoken by the characters |
| dialect | a form of language spoken in a certain area and/or by a particular group of people |
| genre | a type of category of literature |
| third person point of view | the character is "above" the action telling everything that happens; omniscient POV |
| symbol | a person/place/thing/event that stands for or represents something else |
| simile | comparison using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | comparison without using "like" or "as" |
