| A | B |
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| climax | the most exciting part of the story; the turning point |
| setting | the time, place and sets the mood of the story |
| conflict | the struggle between two sides |
| denouement | includes the resolution and falling action of the story |
| foreshadowing | hint in the story that predict future events |
| tone | the writer's attitude toward the subject |
| mood | the feeling created by the writer - scary, happy, frightened |
| theme | the message or lesson of the story |
| allusion | a reference to a a well known idea, person, concept, event, etc. |
| symbol | an object that stands for or represents something on a deeper level |
| alliteration | a repitition of the initial (beginning) consonant sounds |
| onomatopea | words that sound like what they are - imitate sounds |
| personification | gives human characteristics to non-human objects |
| metaphor | comparing two items using is or was |
| simile | comparing two items using like or as |
| protagonist | the main character of the story - character with a problem |
| antagonist | the character in conflict with the main character - gets in the way of the main character |
| first person point of view | the main character tells the story - uses I, me, my etc. |
| third person point of view | a narrator who is not a character in the story tells the story - tells what any character feels, thinks, does |
| plot | the sequence of events in the story |
