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| conflict | the problem or struggle faced by the main character in a story |
| autobiography | a person's account of his or her own life or part of it |
| characterization | the way a writer reveals the personality f those in a story |
| plot | series of related events that make up a story |
| tone | the writer's attitude toward the subject |
| imagery | words or phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses |
| rising action | the complications that build to the climax of a story |
| exposition | beginning sets up the setting, mood |
| mood | the feeling or atmosphere the author creates for the reader |
| resolution | after climax when writer ties up loose ends |
| protagonist | main character/hero of story |
| antagonist | force or person working against the protagonist |
| internal conflict | struggle within the character |
| external conflict | struggle outside the character |
| point of view | perspective from which story is told |
| theme | moral, life lesson |
| falling action | after climax, conflicts are resolved |
