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| Theme | Central idea of the story |
| Setting | Where and when in a story |
| Characters | The person and his characteristics in a work of fiction |
| POV | The angle from which the story is told |
| Plot | The sequence of events |
| Genre | Any category of literature based on a distinctive stylistic criteria |
| Theme | What a specific story is about. |
| Exposition | Characters are introduced ; backstories |
| Rising action | What happens in a story leading up to the most exciting part of a story. |
| Climax | A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot |
| Conflict | A struggle between two opposing forces |
| Four types of conflict | Person vs. person ; person vs. society ; person vs. nature ; person vs. supernatural |
| Falling action | What happens near the end of a story after the climax and resolution of the major conflict |
| Resolution | Story begins to slow down and work towards its end, tying up loose ends of the plot |
| Protagonist | Main character |
| Antagonist | In conflict with the protagonist |
| Dynamic character | Changes over time |
| Static character | Doesn't change over time |
| Round | Complex personality ; often portrayed as a conflicted and contradictory person |
| Flat | Stereotype |
| Alliteration | Repitition of beginning sounds of neighboring words |
| Anaphora | Several phrases or verses begin with the same word |
| Euphemism | Substitute for harsh words or expressions |
| Hyperbole | Uses exaggeration for emphasis |
| Irony | Marked contrast between what is said and what is meant |
| Simile | Comparing two unlike things with the words "like" and "as" |
| Metaphor | Directly comparing |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that are spelled by how they sound like |
| Oxymoron | Two contradictory words used together |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to objects |