| A | B |
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| antagonist | character or force that opposes the protagonist |
| character | people who carry out the action of a piece of literature |
| characterization | techniques that a writer uses to develop characters |
| conflict | struggle that sets the plot in motion |
| diction | word choice |
| essay | a brief composition that offers an opinion |
| exposition | introductory material that supplies necessary information for understanding a piece of literature |
| flashback | an event that happened before the beginning of a story or at an earlier point in the narrative |
| foil | a minor character introduced to contrast with another |
| minor character | a character introduced into a piece of literature to fulfill a limited function |
| plot | actions and events in a piece of literature |
| protagonist | character who faces the conflict |
| symbol | a person, place, object, or idea that stands for something beyond itself |
| theme | the main idea of a piece of literature without reference to particular characters or elements of the plot; the author's view of the human condition |
