| A | B |
|---|
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | against main character |
| motivation | reason for character's action |
| theme | central idea behind story |
| setting | time and place |
| plot | sequence of events |
| mood | emotional impact |
| foreshadowing | hint of what will happen |
| flashback | break in sequence of events |
| conflict | struggle between protagonist and other force |
| inciting event | incident that starts the conflict |
| rising actions | main events that lead up to the climax |
| resolution | solution to conflict |
| falling action | main events after the climax |
| denouement | expanation of complications |
| point of view | angle of vision |
| first person point of view | told by a character - in the "I" |
| omniscient point of view | god like - third person (he/she) |
| limited omniscient point of view | told through the eyes of one character - third person (he/she) |
| irony | situation or use of language that reveals contradictory meanings |
| symbol | something that means more than what it is |
| metaphor | comparison between two unlike things |
| simile | comparison between two unlike things using like or as |
| alliteration | repetition of first sounds |
| personification | to give objects, animals, ideas, the characteristics of humans |
| onomatopoeia | sound of word mimics the sound it refers to |
| hyperbole | deliberate or gross exaggeration for effect |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of rhyme (ie. abab) |
| stanza | group of lines that form a division in a poem |
| quatrain | stanza of 4 lines |
