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| characters | a person or animal in the story, play or another literary work |
| setting | the time and place of a story, play, or narrative poem |
| conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
| complications | problems that arise when characters take steps to resolve the conflict |
| climax | the point in the story that creates the greatest suspense or interest. Example: In the Diary of Ann Frank when the Nazis are discovering the secret hiding place in the attic of the building |
| resolution | when and how the conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close |
| theme | the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals |
| internal conflict | probem that character has within himself |
| external conflict | problem that character has in his/her surroundings/with others |
| motif | reoccuring image/words used that represents something in a story |
| plot | the events that make up a store, also called a storyline |
| subplot | a secondary or subordinate plot in literature. Example: in the diary of Anne Frank, Ann Frank and Peter develope a friendship, this is secondary to the plotline of the family being in hiding to survive the Nazis |
| subject | what the story is about |
| foreshadowing | a hint given in literature that makes reference to something that happens later in the story |
| parallel episodes | repeated elements or reoccuring events in a work of literature. Example: the wolf trying to blow down each of the little pigs homes |
