Plot - a series (order) of events in a story , Exposition - introduces the characters, setting, basic situation and conflicts, Rising Action - the conflict increases, suspense rises, Climax - highest point of tension or drama in a story, when the main problem of the story is faced and solved, a change in the character or situation happens, Falling Action - settles what has changed in the story, the tension decreases, Resolution - loose ends are tied up, the story ends, Protagonist - the main character in the selection; a central figure whom the story centers around, Antagonist - the individual, group, institution, force of nature or personal conflict standing in the way of the story's goal, Irony - the opposite of what is expected happens, Setting - the time and place of the story, Conflict - the problem in the story, Theme - the lesson or message the author is trying to teach; the moral of the story, Symbolism (symbol) - anything that represents (stands for) something else, either directly or indirectly, Foreshadowing - a hint or clue at something to come later in the story, Flashback - a character remembers an earlier event that happened before the current point of the story, internal conflict - the struggle between emotions, values, or desires within a character that are preventing them from achieving their desired goals, external conflict - the struggle between characters and the outside forces that are preventing them from getting what they want, characters - The people who carry on the action in a story; sometimes animals or inanimate objects, narrator - The voice that tells the story, unreliable narrator - One who tells a story or interprets events in a way which makes the readers doubt what he or she is saying, perspective - an opinion; a personal attitude that affects the way someone interprets the world, point of view - Who is telling the story?, first person point of view - The story is told by a character in the story, using the pronoun "I"., second person point of view - the narrator speaks to the reader as you, and talks to the reader directly, as if they were speaking together, third person point of view - the narrator is outside the story, not involved in the action, third person objective - the narrator just gives the facts, third person limited - the narrator knows everything about just one character, third person omniscient - the narrator knows EVERYTHING about all the characters in the story, mood - the total feeling of the setting; atmosphere,

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