| A | B |
|---|
| antagonist | the character or force in conflict with the protagonist (bad or good) |
| antecedent action | any thing that happens before the story but the reader learns in reading |
| character | a person in a story , novel, play, etc. |
| characterization | what a writer does to reveal a fictional person to the reader |
| complication | anything that gets in the way of solving a conflict |
| conflict | a problem |
| dynamic character | a character that changes during the course of the the story |
| elements of a story | stteing, characters, plot, theme, point of view |
| flashback | a process in which the action of the story goes back to a previous time |
| foreshadowing | the giving hints as to what may happen in a story |
| irony | the contrast between what we expect to happen and what does happen |
| mood | the atmosphere or feeling within a work of literature |
| point of view | the way the reader is made to see the story |
| plot | 1.exposition 2.rising action 3.climax 4.resolution |
| protagonist | the main character |
| setting | the location, time, general enviroment, and mood in which the story takes place |
| suspense | the element the makes the reader want to know what happens next |
| static character | a character that does not change throughout the course of the story |
| theme | "The author wrote this book to show that." |
