| A | B |
|---|
| Antagonist | Person or force opposing the main character |
| Atmosphere | Mood or feeling in a work of literature |
| Basic situation | Introduces the setting and characters |
| Character | An individual in a story or play |
| Chronological | Sequential order of events that most stories follow |
| Climax | Most exciting point of a story; will determine the outcome |
| Complications | Furthers the conflicts or problems; develops intensity of conflict |
| Conflict | Obstacle or struggle |
| Direct characterization | Narrator tells us what a character is like |
| Dramatic irony | Audience or reader knows something that a character does not |
| Dynamic | Person changes and grows in some important way |
| External conflict | Struggle against an outside force |
| First person POV | Narrator is a character in the story |
| Flat | Person has only one or two personality traits; a stereotype |
| Foreshadowing | Hints or clues about what will happen later in a story |
| Indirect characterization | Judge a person through words, thoughts, and actions |
| Internal conflict | Moral dilemma or choice; struggle within oneself |
| Omniscient POV | all knowing; narrator knows thoughts of more than one character |
| Plot | Sequence of events; a series of related events that make up a story or drama |
| Point of view (POV) | Vantage point from which a writer tells a story |
| Protagonist | Main character |
| Resolution | Final outcome; the end; denouement |
| Setting | Time and place of the story; when and where |
| Situational irony | Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality; a twist |
| Static | Character does not change or grow |
| Symbol | An object that stands for something more than just itself |
| Third-person limited POV | Narrator is outside the story but tells the story from the vantage point of only one character |
| Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the reader, subject, or character |
| Verbal irony | Character says one thing but means another |
| theme | a general statement of the meaning behind the story; a statement of what the story shows about life or human nature |
