| A | B |
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| Setting | time (date, season) and place (setting may help create mood and the setting may change) |
| Characterization | the way a character is described; the way the author develops a character |
| Protagonist | the main character, often the hero |
| Antagonist | the character who goes against the main character |
| External Conflict | a struggle between a character and another person or thing [person versus (vs.) nature, person vs. person] |
| Internal Conflict | a struggle inside a character's mind (involves 1 person) |
| Plot | the important things (events) that happen in a story. (It includes the initiating event rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and conflict.) |
| Initiating Event | the point where the main conflict is introduced to the reader |
| Rising Action | – the important events that happen before the climax |
| Climax | a point of change(turning point)just before the problem is solved |
| Falling Action | what happens after the climax; a winding down or cleaning up of events |
| Resolution | the way the story ends; how it all turns out |
| Theme | the lesson that can be learned about life from reading the story |
| Mood | the overall feeling of the story (scary, lonely, angry) |
| First person Point of View | the person telling the story is in the story (uses I, We) |
| Third Person Omniscient Point of View | the person telling the story is an outside observer who knows the what more than one of the characters are thinking or feeling |
| Third Person Limited Point of View | the person telling the story is an outside observer who focuses on the thoughts and feelings of just one character (the main character) |
