| A | B |
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| Point of View | the angle from which a story is told |
| 1st person point of view | when a characters tells the story; we know this person's thoughts and feelings about the events |
| 2nd person point of view | when a narrator or character directly speaks to the reader |
| 3rd person point of view | when a narrator not in the story tells the story |
| Plot | what happens in a story |
| Setting | time and place of a story |
| Conflict | the main problem in a story |
| Rising Action | the events leading to the climax |
| Climax | the main part of a story; the turning point |
| Falling Action | the events leading to the resolution |
| Resolution | the conclusion of a story; the conflict may or may not be solved |
| Mood | how the story feels to the reader; the atmosphere |
| Theme | the lesson or moral of a story |
| Exposition | the beginning of a story |
| Foreshadowing | a hint in the story of something that will happen later |
| Flashback | when a portion of the story goes back in time |
