| A | B |
|---|
| plot | sequence of events/what happens in a story |
| exposition | introduces characters, setting, basic story situation |
| conflict | struggles between opposing forces |
| personification | giving human qualities to non-human things |
| dynamic character | character changes as a result of the story's conflict |
| external conflict | struggles between characters or outside forces like nature and fate |
| foreshadowing | hints at events that will happen later in the story |
| satire | use of humor or wit to ridicule humanity or institutions |
| setting | time and place of a story's action |
| static character | a character who does not change in a story |
| climax | the point in a story when everything changes |
| rising action | conflict is developed |
| suspense | reader's sense of uncertainty/ wondering what is going to happen |
| allusion | reference to something else in literature, history, or art |
| inciting incident | introduces central conflict of the story |
| internal conflict | takes place within a character as he/she struggles with beliefs or choices |
| flashback | interruption in a story to show earlier events |
| protagonist | main character in a story |
| universal theme | message relevant to people almost any place or time |
| resolution | where conflict concludes |
