| A | B |
| plot | the sequence of events in a literary work |
| conflict | a struggle between two or more forces |
| setting | the story's time and place |
| characters | people, animals, and other individuals in a story |
| theme | the main idea or the message in a work |
| narrator | person who tells the story |
| voice | the distinctive use of language that conveys author's OR narrator's PERSONALITY |
| external conflict | struggle between character and an outside force |
| internal conflict | struggle within the MIND of a character |
| characterization | how an author reveals EACH character & their personality (physical appearance, thoughts, feelings, actions, words, etc.) |
| point of view | the relationship of the narrator to the story |