| A | B |
|---|
| setting | time and place |
| protagonist | main character with problem |
| antagonist | bad guy;works against protagonist |
| plot | events in a story |
| climax | high point of interest |
| denouement | after climax, resolution |
| rising action | complications |
| exposition | setting, characters, problem |
| initial incident of conflict | narrative hook |
| dynamic character | character who changes dramatically |
| irony | opposite happens of what is expected |
| pun | play on words |
| allusion | making reference to another work (myth, Bible) |
| foreshadowing | hints of things to come |
| flashback | interrupts chronological plot |
| static character | character doesn't change |
| theme | author's message about life |
| mood | atmosphere a work creates |
| tone | author's attitude toward work |
| point of view | 1st, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient |
| flashback | when a character thinks back; interrupts action |
| genre | classification or group |
| conflicts in literature | man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature |
| writer's purpose/aim | entertain, persuade, inform |
| inference/ infer | educated guess; read between lines; not spelled out |
