| A | B |
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| plot | story line, how story unfolds |
| resolution | end of a story |
| allusion | author mentions something most people know about |
| stereotyping | categorizing everyone the same |
| theme | the main idea of a story in a sentence |
| suspense | feeling of anxiousness or uncertainty about the way a story ends |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| antagonist | the character in conflict with the main character |
| protagonist | the main character in a story |
| characterization | the way a writer reveals a character |
| third person omniscient | story is told through many people's point of view |
| first person | story is told from one person's point of view, using "I" |
| round character | character the reader knows very well |
| flat character | character with only 1 or 2 qualities |
| inference | learning about a story by reading about the character's actions, other character's attitude toward him/her |
| exposition | the introduction of the story |
| climax | most exciting point when the outcome is decided for the story |
| foreshadowing | when the writer gives clue about what will happen next |
| predicting | when the reader guesses what will happen next |
| conflict | the problem that creates a story |
| oxymoron | two words that seem to contradict but make sense |
| mood | the atmosphere of the story |
| internal conflict | the problem inside a person |
| metaphor | comparison that states something is something else |
| simile | comparison using "like" or "as" |
| omniscient 3rd person | a pt. of view where reader sees all |
| rising action | the development of problems in a story |
| climax | the highest point of conflict when something happens |
| falling action | the solving of issues in a story |
| fiction | make-believe literature |
| novel | fiction - long narrative |
| quest | a search story, journey |
| fable | story with animal characters |
| myth | story that explains part of nature |
| biography | story about someone |
| autobiography | story about oneself |
| lyric poetry | personal poetry |
| narrative | story that tells a story |
| ballad | narrative poem, 4-line stanzas |
| epic | long narrative poem about hero |
| epithet | descriptive adj used with a name |
| foot | one measure of line of poetry |
| rhyme scheme | way that end words rhyme |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at beginning of words |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in middle of words |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like the sound |
| hyperbole | exaggeration in line of poetry |
| imagery | use of images or pictures |
| tone | writer's attitude |
| foil | minor character who contrasts the main one |
| irony | when opposite of what happens |
| archetype | image recognized across cultures |
