| A | B |
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| point of view | who tells the story |
| setting | where the story takes place |
| plot | the sequence of events in the story |
| conflict | the struggle between two opposing forces or characters |
| characters | fictional persons appearing in the story |
| crisis | the event that "triggers" the climax of the story |
| protagonist | the central character |
| rising action | all of the events that build toward the climax |
| antagonist | the person, or force, opposing the protagonist |
| climax | the point of greatest intensity in the story |
| falling action, *denouement | the events that occur after the climax |
| foreshadowing | clues that suggest what will happen in the story |
| flashback | a scene that shows an event that happens at an earlier time |
| theme | the insight about life that a writer wishes to make in a literary work |
| first person point of view | when events are told by a character in the story |
| *third person point of view, limited | when the events are told by someone outside of the story, but through the thoughts of one character in the story |
| exposition | the introductory section of the story |
| *omniscient point of view | an "all knowing" narrator who knows about all the characters |
| *situational irony | an unexpected twist of events in a story |
| *moral | what a story tries to teach a reader to do or be |
| *symbol | a concrete object that represents an abstract idea |
| *universallity | that which is true for almost everyone, almost every place, almost any time |
| *motivation | what causes a character's actions |
| *resolution | the solving of all conflicts at the end of the story; it follows the falling action |
