| A | B |
|---|
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | force in conflict with narrator |
| static character | does not change during a story |
| dynamic character | does change during a story |
| third person limited | all-knowing narrator focuses on only one character |
| indirect characterization | author gives hints about a character |
| direct characterization | author directly tells reader about a character |
| external conflict | between a character and another person/force |
| internal conflict | within a character's mind |
| connotation | implied meaning of a word |
| denotation | dictionary definition of a word |
| first person | one character directly tells the story |
| genre | established category of written work |
| metaphor | comparison between two things |
| simile | comparison between two things using the words like or as |
| personification | qualities given human form |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for emphasis |
| third person omniscient | all-knowing narrator |
| monologue | extended speech by one person |
| irony | difference between what you expect and what happens |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| theme | central idea of a story |
| subject | topic of a story |
| tone | author's attitude towards a story |
