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| 10875178052 | Plot | the author's arrangement of incidents in a story | 0 | |
| 10875188773 | Flashback | informs us about events that happened before the opening scene of work | 1 | |
| 10875200199 | Character | An imagined person in the story | 2 | |
| 10875208972 | Exposition | the background information the reader needs to make sense of the situation | 3 | |
| 10875223627 | Rising Action | A complication that intensifies the situation | 4 | |
| 10875234008 | Foreshadowing | a suggestion of what is yet to come | 5 | |
| 10875242008 | Protagonist / Hero / Heroine | the central character who engages our interest and empathy | 6 | |
| 10875246567 | Anatagonist | the force that opposes the protagonist | 7 | |
| 10875262820 | Suspense | when the reader is made anxious about what is going to happen | 8 | |
| 10875270207 | Climax | the moment of greatest emotional tension | 9 | |
| 10875277838 | Denouement / Resolution | The end of the story | 10 | |
| 10875299434 | Characterization | The characters seem to actually exist | 11 | |
| 10875330451 | Absurdist Literature | characters are often alienated from themselves and their environment in an irrational world | 12 | |
| 10875334379 | Antihero | has little control over events | 13 | |
| 10875342392 | Dynamic Character | undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot | 14 | |
| 10875347996 | Static Character | the plot does not change the character | 15 | |
| 10875359521 | Foil | reveals the distinctive qualities between two characters | 16 | |
| 10875372637 | Flat Character | embodies one or two qualities , ideas, or traits. | 17 | |
| 10875384418 | Stock Characters | embody a stereotype such as mean stepfather or dumb blonde | 18 | |
| 10875392931 | Round Character | Have more depth and are complex. | 19 | |
| 10875407511 | Setting | the context in which the action of the story occurs. | 20 | |
| 10875418939 | Point of view | who tells us the story and how it is told | 21 | |
| 10875422086 | Narrator | the teller of the story | 22 | |
| 10875434525 | Omniscient (Third Person) | the narrator takes us inside the characters. | 23 | |
| 10875446853 | Limited Omniscient (Third Person) | the narrator takes us inside one or two characters | 24 | |
| 10875464226 | Objective (Third Person) | the narrator is outside the characters. | 25 | |
| 10875480081 | First Person | presents the point of view of only one characters consciousness | 26 | |
| 10875493305 | Unreliable Narrator | their interpretation of events is different from the author's | 27 | |
| 10875503925 | Symbol | a person, object, or event that suggests more than its literal meaning. | 28 | |
| 10875522062 | Conventional Symbols | widely recognized by a society or culture | 29 | |
| 10875531223 | Literary Symbol | established internally by the total context of the work. | 30 | |
| 10875553859 | Allegory | A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. | 31 | |
| 10875561182 | Theme | the central idea or meaning of a story. | 32 | |
| 10875568470 | Style | the distinctive manner in which a writer arranges words to achieve particular effects | 33 | |
| 10875584449 | Diction | a writer's choice of words | 34 | |
| 10875593278 | Tone | the author's attitude toward the subject | 35 | |
| 10875600641 | Verbal Irony | a person says one thing and means another (sarcasm) | 36 | |
| 10875609001 | Situational Irony | exists when there is an incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually happens | 37 | |
| 10875626012 | Dramatic Irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 38 |
