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| setting | the time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs. |
| antagonist | the person or thing working against the protagonist, or hero, of the work. |
| characterization | the method an author uses to reveal or describe characters and their various personalities. |
| climax | the high point, or turning point, in a story-usually the most intense point. |
| conflict | the problem or struggle in a story that triggers the action. |
| exposition | the introduction; introduces the setting and characters |
| falling action | the action of a play or story that works out the decision arrived at during the climax. |
| plot | the graphic display of the action or events in a story. |
| protagonist | the main character or hero of the story. |
| resolution | the portion of the story where the problem is solved. |
| rising action | the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax. |
| setting | the time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs. |
| theme | the idea or message in a literary work, not always obvious to the reader |
| external conflict | problem a charcter faces from an outside source |
| internal/inner conflict | when the makin character has to make a choice or struggles with a decision |
| point of view | the perosn or entity through whom the reader experiences the story |
| 1st person point of view | the narrator is referring to him or herself. You will see 'I,' 'me,' 'my' and 'mine' in first person. |
| 3rd person point of view | the narrator doesn't refer to him or herself and isn't addressing the reader, you get an observer's perspective and lots of 'she,' 'he,' 'her,' 'his,' 'their' and 'theirs.' |
| omniscient point of view | the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story |
