| A | B |
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| plot | the story-line of a story. |
| setting | the time, place. and general environment of a story. |
| irony | reveals concealed or contradictory meanings. |
| protagonist | the main character in a story. |
| antogonist | the character in a story who goes against the protagonist. |
| theme | th general point of a story. |
| genre | the type of story. ex) science fiction, short-story. |
| climax | the highest point in a story (the point of no return). |
| conflict | a struggle between two opposing characters or forces. |
| character | a person who participates in a story. |
| dilemma | a situation in which a character must make a difficult choice between two unfavourable, or undesirable alternatives. |
| verbal irony | when there is a discrepancy between what a person says and what a person actually means. |
| dramatic irony | when an author shares information with the reader, unknown by the characters. |
| situational irony | a situation in which the author reveals information to the characters, unknown by the reader. |
| first person | the author tells the story directly to the reader. |
| third person | the author tells the story using "he" or "she." |
| first person participant | is actively involved in the story. |
| third person omniscient | little is revealed inside the characters. |
| third person limited omniscient | parts of the inside mind of the characters are revealed. |
| third person objective | narrator knows and tells all from a "God like perspective." |
