metalanguage - The words and phrases that people use to talk about or describe language or a particular language, e.g., the special language for studying English, narrative - Story, plot - What happens in a story; the individual events, narrative structure - Events in the beginning that we call the rising action, events in the middle like a problem, and events at the end like the falling action and resolution., chronological narrative - A story that is in time (chrono) order (logical), flashback - A part of a film, play, etc. that shows a scene that happened earlier in time than the main story, orientation - The beginning of the story that sets the scene, mood and introduces the characters., complication - When a problem or a dilemma disrupts the normal life or comfort of the characters and sets off a sequence of interesting events., conflict - This happens when characters are against each other, like teams in a game or two groups fighting on the playground. A common CONFLICT is that one character—the good HERO—wants something or wishes to help someone else and another character—the mean VILLAIN—is trying to stop the HERO., climax - This is the turning point of a story when the main character's problem begins to be solved or resolved. We can also think of the climax as the most important and exciting moment in an entire story, or we can think of it as the most intense and emotional part of a narrative., resolution - This is the end of the story. It occurs after the CLIMAX. It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the CONFLICT is resolved., setting - This is where a story or event takes place. Authors can describe a setting to include geographic location, time, weather, and environment,

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