| A | B |
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| plot | what happens in a story |
| plots have 5 major parts | exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution |
| conflict - define | the problem in story |
| 3 types of conflict | man vs. man/society/himself |
| climax | high point of story (turning point) |
| setting | where story takes place/year/month, etc. |
| mood | how story makes you feel |
| external conflict | conflict caused by an outside force or person |
| point of view | the perspective (viewpopint) from which the story is told |
| 1st person viewpoint | uses "I"... reader only get one perspective |
| 3rd person omniscient viewpoint | "all knowing" you see everyone's thoughts/feelings |
| 3rd person limited omniscient viewpoint | still uses "he" and "she"... narrator only sees 1 person's thoughts |
| 3rd person omniscient | narrator sees all and knows everyone's thoughts (god-like) |
| foreshadowing | hint of what is to come/creates suspense |
| theme | something abstract - main idea of story hate/revenge |
| narrator | the person or character telling the story |
| protagonist | good guy / hero |
| antagonist | bad guy - can be elements also |
| flashback | entire story shifts back in time/new setting |
| internal conflict | conflict within a character's own mind |
