| A | B |
|---|
| plot | what happens in a story - the story line |
| conflict - define | the problem in story |
| setting | where and when the story takes place |
| theme | an abstract idea - the author's intended message or universal lesson |
| stories have 5 components | plot, characters, conflict, theme, setting |
| characters | the people or animals (actors) in a story |
| plot | the "story line" |
| antagonist | the "bad guy" character - causes the conflict, the trouble maker |
| protagonist | the "good guy" character - usually gets his/her wish |
| man vs man | conflict with another human |
| man vs nature | character against elements of nature, animals, diseases, etc. |
| man vs society | character against elements of an unjust government or culture |
| man vs self | character has problems or difficult decisions to make |
