| A | B |
|---|
| narrative | A story |
| character | One of the people who has a part in the story--the qualities of such a person |
| setting | The physical and cultural environment in which a story takes place |
| plot | The plan of events in a story (phases of action) |
| action | What happens to, or what is done by the characters in a story |
| point of view | The events of a story told as they appear to one or more characters or observers (first person/third person) |
| conflict | A struggle: person -vs- ... |
| suspense | An effect of intense expectancy |
| foreshadow | Hints of things to come |
| symbol | An act, person, thing, or spectacle that stands for something else |
| irony | A discrepancy between what is expected and what is revealed |
| narrator | The person telling the story |
| dialogue | The actual speech of characters in the story / punctuated with quotation marks |
| theme | The unifying point or meaning of a story |
| static character | a character who does not undergo an important change in the course of a story. The character is essentially the same at the end of the story as he or she was at the start of the story. |
| dynamic character | A character who undergoes an important change in the course of the story. The change can be one of insight, understanding, values, motivation, commitment, perception or personality. |
