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PLOT

The natural events in a story.

SETTING

The time and place a story is written.

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

Development of a character through words, actions, thoughts, or those words actions and thoughts of another character.

DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

The author introduces the character by describing the character's personality in detail

IRONY

When the unexpected happen. A surprise

RESOLUTION

The part of the plot where story is concluded and all loose ends are tied up.

THEME

The lesson abiut life the author wants the reader to learn.

FORESHADOWING

Hints an author gives about things that may happen in the story.

FLASHBACK

An interruption of the events in a plot to remember the past.

CLIMAX

The part of the plot where the character's problem is solved.

MOOD

The feelings the vocabulary used conveys to the reader.
TONE

The writer's attitude toward his/her subject.

PROTAGONIST

The main character in a story is called a protagonist.

ANTAGONIST

The person(s) opposing the protagonist is called the antagonist.

INTERNAL CONFLICT

The protagonist in the story experiences conflict with her or his conscience.

EXTERNAL CONFLICT

Is when the character experiences conflict with other characters, society, or nature.

EXPOSITION

The exposition is the portion of a story that introduces important background information to the audience.

RISING ACTION

The rising action is the series of events that begin immediately after the exposition of the story and builds upto the climax.

FALLING ACTION

Falling action refers to the part of a story that comes immediately after the climax and before the conclusion.