| A | B |
| Setting | When and where a story takes place |
| Dialogue | Spoken parts of story |
| Characterization | what a character does/says/looks like or what others say about the character |
| Chronological Order | order of events by the time they happened |
| Anecdote | Short story that is told to entertain about an incident or event |
| External Conflict | Man v. Man, Man v. Nature, Man v. Society |
| Internal Conflict | Man v. Self |
| Resolution | How a conflict is solved or fixed, how a story ends |
| Sensory Details | Details that have to do with sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell |
| Transition | Word that helps move your writing from one place, time, or idea to another |
| First Person Point of View | uses words like I, me, my, our, we |
| Third Person Point of View | Uses words like he, she, they, them |
| Hook | First sentence of introduction |
| Thesis Statement | Last sentence in introduction and first sentence in conclusion |
| Topic Sentence | First sentence in body paragraphs |
| Conclusion | Last paragraph |
| Introduction | First paragraph |
| Body | All paragraphs except first and last |
| Supporting Details | Sentences other than the first sentence in body paragraphs |
| Text Evidence | "A lot of people don't believe in curses" (41). |