| A | B |
|---|
 | resolution |
 | rising action |
 | climax |
 | falling action |
 | exposition |
| theme | general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals |
| sequence of events or actions in a work of literature | plot |
| setting | time and place of a story, drama, or narrative poem |
| infer | educated guess based on the details the writer provides and the reader’s past experiences |
| flashback | interruption in the present action of the story to show events that occurred in the past |
| writing about imaginary characters and events | fiction |
 | internal conflict |
| external conflict |  |
| a person or an animal that takes part in the action of the story, a drama, or other literary work | character |
| context clues | words or phrases in a sentence that help the reader figure out the meaning of an unknown word |
