| A | B |
|---|
| conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
| internal conflict | struggle with emotions and desires |
| protagonist | hero, main character moves the action forward |
| setting | where the story takes place |
| climax | highest point in the story |
| genre | kind or type |
| simile | comparing 2 unlike things using like or as |
| theme | message or main idea |
| antagonist | villain, goes against the main character |
| irony | contrast between what is expected and what really happens |
| metaphor | comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as |
| external conflict | struggle against someone or something |
| imagery | appeals to the senses, such as color and sounds |
| epic poem | narrative poem that tells the events of a her0 |
| plot | series of related events |
| exposition | presentation of chars. and explanation of background |
| resolution | outcome of complication |
| Freytag's Pyramid | a graphic that shows the events on the plot |
| denouement | the 'aha' moment; literally the unravelling of the ending |
| Odysseus' fatal flaw | hubris; great pride or arrogance |
| epic hero | a hero that takes a journey, has a list of specific characteristics that make him a Greek hero |
