| A | B |
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| conflict | a problem that needs to be solved in a story |
| rising action | the buildup of excitement in a story |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| first-person point of view | when a narrator tells the story using "I" to refer to himself or herself |
| mood | the feeling you get from reading a story |
| irony | a result that is the opposite of what is expected |
| exposition | background information about the story; setting, characters |
| climax | the most intense moment in a story |
| falling action | period of time that follows the climax and leads to a resolution |
| resolution | the end of the story where the main problem is solved |
| myth | story that often includes Gods or Goddesses and tells how things came into being |
