| A | B |
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| Plot | Events in the story |
| Exposition | Background information |
| Inciting Incident | Start the plot in motion |
| Rising Action (Complication) | Series of events leading to a climax |
| Climax | High point of the story |
| Resolution (Falling Action, Denoument) | The loose ends of the story are resolved |
| Setting | Time and place of the story |
| Theme | Moral of the story, author's main idea in telling the story, is usually a "universal truth" |
| Characters | People, "talking animals" in the story |
| Direct Characterization | The author tells the reader directly what a character is like |
| Inderect Characterization | What onther people say about the character, what the character says about themself, the character's actions, appearance, thoughts of the character |
| Author | Writes the story, usually uses personal experiences |
| Title | Name of the story, tells what the story will be about |
| Style | The author's use of words, phrases |
| Point Of View | Viewpoint from which the story is told |
| 1st Person | Narrator uses "I", only one character's thoughts are given |
| 3rd Person Limited | Narrator uses "he, she, it or uses his or her name" and only one character's thoughts are given |
| 3rd Person Omnisint | "he, she, it or uses his or her name" and two or more thoughts are given |
