| A | B |
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| plot | story line, how story unfolds |
| resolution | end of a story |
| allusion | author mentions something most people know about |
| stereotyping | categorizing everyone the same |
| theme | the main idea of a story in a sentence |
| suspense | feeling of anxiousness or uncertainty about the way a story ends |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| antagonist | the character in conflict with the main character |
| protagonist | the main character in a story |
| characterization | the way a writer reveals a character |
| third person omniscient | story is told through many people's point of view |
| first person | story is told from one person's point of view, using "I" |
| round character | character the reader knows very well |
| flat character | character with only 1 or 2 qualities |
| inference | learning about a story by reading about the character's actions, other character's attitude toward him/her |
| exposition | the introduction of the story |
| climax | most exciting point when the outcome is decided for the story |
| foreshadowing | when the writer gives clue about what will happen next |
| predicting | when the reader guesses what will happen next |
| conflict | the problem that creates a story |
