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| setting | the time and place of a story's action |
| plot | the sequence of a story's events |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| theme | a story's overall message, lesson, or main idea |
| flashback | a scene that interrupts a story and takes the reader "back in time" |
| exposition | the part of the story that introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation |
| resolution | the story's ending |
| climax (turning point) | the high point or most intense part of the story |
| point of view | the eyes through which a story is told (1st person or 3rd person) |
| conflict | the problem or struggle in a story |
| protagonist | the main character of a story |
| antagonist | the character that the main character is in conflict with |
| character | a person or animal that takes part in the action of a story |
| foreshadowing | a hint of something to come later in a story |
| symbol | something that stands for something else |
