| A | B |
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| Expostion | Where characters and setting are introduced in a story |
| Rising Action | Events leading up to the turning point of a story |
| Climax | Turning point of a story |
| Falling Action | Events following the turning point of the story |
| Resolution | Ending of the story; where conflict is resolved |
| Plot | Sequence of events that make up a story |
| Conflict | Struggle between opposing forces |
| Person vs Person | External struggle between two or more characters |
| Person vs Self | Internal struggle concerning emotion and decision |
| Person vs Nature | External Struggle between person and an element of nature |
| Person vs Technology | External Struggle between person and technology |
| Protagonist | Main character |
| Antagonist | Force working against the main character |
| Character | Central or focal element in a story |
| First Person Point of View | One character tells the story from his/her point of view. The reader sees and knows only as much as this character |
| Third Person Point of View | Uses pronouns like "he" and "they" |
| Third Person Omniscient POV | Reader knows ALL of what is done, said, felt, and thought by the characters |
| Third Person Limited POV | Thoughts and feelings are LIMITED to one character |
| Third Person Objective POV | Readers are not told the feelings or thoughts of any characters |
| Mood | Atmosphere of the story |
| Tone | Author's attitude toward the topic |
| Simile | Comparison between two unlike things using like or as |
| Metaphor | Comparison between two unlike things without using like or as |
| Personification | A nonhuman thing or quality is given human characteristics |
| Foreshadowing | Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot |
| Theme | The central idea or insight of a work of literature |
| Ethos | Credibility of speaker |
| Logos | Logic/Data/Statistics |
| Pathos | Emotional appeal |
| Idiom | a set expression or phrase that is not interpreted literally |
| Odysseus | Protagonist of the Odyssey; King of Ithaca |
| Penelope | Wife of Odysseus |
| Telemachus | Son of Odysseus |
| Suitors | Men trying to steal Odysseus' world |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom; Odysseus' mentor |
| Polyphemus | Cyclops; Poseidon's son |
| Poseidon | God of the Sea |
| Hermes | Messenger god |
| Zeus | god of all the gods; most powerful god |
| Circe | witch goddess; turns Odysseus' men into pigs |
| Calypso | goddess; keeps Odysseus' captive for seven years |
| Scylla | 6 headed monster; kills 6 of Odysseus' men |
| Charybdis | giant whirlpool that swallows ships |
