| A | B |
| plot | what happens in a story |
| first person | uses "I" to tell the story |
| climax | the high point of the story |
| setting | where and when a story takes place |
| mood | how the story makes you feel |
| character | descriptions of the people in the story |
| conflict | struggle between opposing forces, e.g, man vs. man, man vs.nature, man vs. society |
| narrator | the person who tells the story |
| third person | told by a person outside the story, so uses "he", "she", or "they" |
| suspense | anxiety or tension that is created |