| A | B |
|---|
| setting | time and place |
| protagonist | main character in the story with problem |
| antagonist | protagonist's problem |
| plot | events in a story |
| climax | point of greatest emotion in story |
| denouement | conclusion,resolution |
| rising action | complications |
| exposition | beginning of plot |
| initial incident of conflict | narrative hook |
| dynamic character | character who changes dramatically |
| situational irony | opposite an event that directly contradicts the expectations of the character or the reader |
| pun | play on words |
| allusion | making reference to another work of art |
| foreshadowing | hints of things to come |
| flashback | interrupts chronological plot |
| static character | character doesn't change |
| theme | author's message |
| mood | atmosphere a work creates |
| tone | author's attitude toward his or her audience and subject |
| point of view | 1st, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient |
| internal conflict | problem that occurs within an individual character (man vs self) |
| verbal irony | when words are used to suggst the opposite of what is actually meant |
