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| plot | the major events of a story. |
| conflict | the major problem faced by the characters in a story. |
| protagonist | the main character of the story whose thoughts and actions appear the most before, during, and after the conflict. The protagonist often changes in some way as a result of the conflict. |
| antagonist | Any forces, living or nonliving, that works against the protagonist |
| setting | The time and place of the story |
| resolution | How the story ends, good or bad. (Do not confuse resolution with solution) |
| theme | a large truth that an author is trying to express in a work of literature. Note that the author usually doesn’t state the theme directly; it’s done through characters actions, reactions and in how the story ends. Also note that a theme is only how one person (the author) sees the world. You don’t have to agree with her/him |
| Foreshadowing | a trick used by a story teller/author to make a reader want to continue reading a story |
