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| 4851539242 | Plot | The unfolding of a dramatic situation. | 0 | |
| 4851543888 | Dilemma | The difficult or impossible choice central to the story. | 1 | |
| 4851547504 | Suspense | The pleasurable anxiety felt that heightens the reader's attention to the story. | 2 | |
| 4851565321 | Conflict | The connected pattern of causes and effects which a character must face and try to overcome. | 3 | |
| 4851591618 | Exposition | Setting the scene, providing background of the characters and other information describing what happened before the opening of the story. | 4 | |
| 4851605350 | Complication | The beginning of the growth of the conflict. | 5 | |
| 4851626485 | Crisis | Decisions made to end the conflict. | 6 | |
| 4851628657 | Climax | The moment of greatest tension, the result of the crisis. | 7 | |
| 4851636984 | Conclusion | Finishes the work and releases the tension. | 8 | |
| 4851653760 | Point of view | The position or stance of the work's narrator. | 9 | |
| 4851662873 | 1st Person | Tells us what has happened to the narrator personally. | 10 | |
| 4851667586 | 3rd Person Omniscient | Narrator reports not only happenings and dialogue, but the inner-workings of a character's mind. | 11 | |
| 4851682537 | 3rd Person Limited | Narrator limits the narration to actions and thoughts of one character alone. | 12 | |
| 4851701821 | Character | An imagined person who inhabits a story; a verbal representation of a human being. | 13 | |
| 4851706814 | Character Traits | The imagined aspects that help determine the quality of mind or habitual mode of behavior. | 14 | |
| 4851710114 | Circumstances | The environment a character finds himself in which drives a particular behavior. | 15 | |
| 4851717298 | Round/Dynamic Characters | Characters who recognize, change with, or adjust to circumstances. There is significant growth or change in the character over the course of the story. | 16 | |
| 4851725941 | Flat/Static Characters | Characters who do not grow or change. | 17 | |
| 4851784392 | Setting | Where and when a story takes place. | 18 | |
| 4851789329 | Theme | The general idea, insight, or lesson about life the story conveys. | 19 |
