| A | B |
|---|
| setting | time and place |
| protagonist | main character with problem |
| antagonist | protagonist's problem |
| plot | events in a story |
| climax | point of greatest emotion in story |
| denouement | conclusion,resolution |
| rising action | complications |
| exposition | beginning of plot |
| initial incident of conflict | narrative hook |
| dynamic character | character who changes dramatically |
| irony | opposite happens of what is expected |
| pun | play on words |
| allusion | making reference to another work of art |
| foreshadowing | hints of things to come |
| flashback | interrupts chronological plot |
| static character | character doesn't change |
| theme | author's message |
| mood | atmosphere a work creates |
| tone | author's attitude |
| point of view | 1st, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient |
| style | special way of using words |
| diction | the words a writer chooses |
| sentence structure | the way the words are put together |
| allegory | narrative that is really a double story |
| inferences | educated guesses |
| logical appeals | facts, statistics, examples |
| pathos or pathetic proof | appealing to the emotions |
| ethos or ethical proof | establishing your character |
| flat character | only one or two personality traits |
| round character | complex with many different traits |
