| A | B |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| protagonist | main character, hero of the story |
| antagonist | the villain that is trying to hurt the hero |
| plot | events in a story |
| climax | point of greatest emotion in story |
| falling action | action after the climax and before the resolution |
| rising action | complications |
| exposition | beginning of plot |
| resolution | the ending of the story |
| genre | a kind of literary or artistic work of literature, music, or art |
| conlict | the proplem that needs a solution in a story |
| character | a person or creature in a story |
| theme | author's message of the story |