| A | B |
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| antagonist | the bad guy in a story |
| protagonist | the "good guy" in a story |
| character | the people in a story |
| characterization | the way an author lets the reader know about the personality of a person in a story |
| conflict | the problem or struggle in a story |
| person vs person conflict | one character has a problem with another character/characters in a story |
| person vs self conflict | a character has a problem or stuggle within him/herself in a story |
| person vs society conflict | a character has a problem with society, laws, traditions, in a story |
| person vs nature conflict | a character has a problem or struggle with the elements of nature |
| person vs Fate (or God) | a character struggles with a problem that seems beyond his/her control |
| dialogue | people talking to each other |
| foil | a character who contrasts with or is a challenge to the main character |
| mood | feeling a reader gets from a story |
| moral | the lesson a story teaches |
| narrator | person who tells the story |
| plot | what happens ina story, the action or series of events |
| exposition | the beginning or introduction of a story |
| rising action | the main part of the story when the main character tries to solve the conflict |
| climax | the most important or exciting part of the story, or the turning point |
| falling action | after the climax, the part of the story that leads to the end |
| resolution | the end of the story when the problem is solved |
| first person point of view | one of the characters tells the story (uses "I") |
| third person point of view | someone outside the story tells the story |
| third-person-omniscient point of view | he narrator tells the reader about the feelings and thoughts of all the characters |
| limited omniscient point of view | the narrator can tell the thoughts and feelings of some of the characters but not all |
| camera point of view | the narrator tells the story but not the thoughts and feelings of the characters |
| setting | when and where a story happens |
| theme | message about life or human nature the reader learns or understands from the story |
| tone | the writer/narrator's attitude about the subject ~ serious, funny, and so on |
| minor character | less important character in a story |
