| A | B |
|---|
| plot | series of related events |
| exposition | part of plot that gives information about problems, conflicts, and characters |
| rising action | complication; happens before the climax |
| climax | when emotional involvement is greatest |
| falling action | problems or actions that happen after the climax |
| resolution | final part of the story; conflicts resolved |
| setting | time and place of story |
| character | person in story/poem/play |
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | villian; character who blocks protagonist |
| conflict | struggle |
| internal conflict | conflict inside character |
| external conflict | conflict between characters or character and something nonhuman |
| foreshadowing | clues and hints of events that will occur |
| prediction | to make a guess about a story |
| theme | central idea of work of literature |
| tone | choice of words; attitude a writer takes toward audience, subject, character |
| flashback | flash backward to tell what happened at a earlier time |
