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| 14666220718 | Theme | The meaning of the work; an insight into or a question about the human condition | 0 | |
| 14666223414 | Setting | The time and place in which a story, play or novel occurs. Time includes time of day, season, and historical setting. Setting and the details associated with it not only depict a time and place, but also convey values associated with that setting. | 1 | |
| 14666225161 | Structure | The arrangement of the parts and sections of a text, the relationship of the parts to each other, and the sequence in which the text reveals information are all structural choices made by a writer that contribute to the reader's interpretation of a text. | 2 | |
| 14666226000 | Plot | The sequence of events in a work of fiction; most plots involve some sort of tension or conflict | 3 | |
| 14666233624 | Exposition | Introduces the main characters, setting, conflict, theme | 4 | |
| 14666234917 | Rising Action | Begins the forward momentum of the story, involves complications and develops conflict. | 5 | |
| 14666240908 | Climax | High point of the story, when the conflict comes to a head | 6 | |
| 14666239557 | Falling action | Usually involves resolution of the conflict | 7 | |
| 14666260451 | conclusion | Offers some comment or insight into the story | 8 | |
| 14666261880 | epiphany | A moment of insight, often in which something ordinary is seen in a new way. | 9 | |
| 14666268796 | Flashback | Part of a narrative that interrupts the chronological flow by relating an event from the past | 10 | |
| 14666269842 | foreshadowing | Early clues about what will happen later in a narrative or play. | 11 | |
| 14666271660 | subplot | A secondary plot in a novel or play; usually, reinforces the themes of the main plot but sometimes just provides interest, excitement or comic relief. | 12 | |
| 14666274847 | Conflict | Tension between competing values either within a character, known as internal or psychological conflict, or with outside forces that obstruct a character in some way, known as external conflict. | 13 | |
| 14666276432 | Character | Characters in literature allow readers to study and explore a range of values, beliefs, assumptions, biases, and cultural norms represented by those characters. | 14 | |
| 14666279653 | Protagonist | Main character in a work of fiction, usually involved in an external or internal conflict | 15 | |
| 14666279654 | Antagonist | A character (or force) whose actions oppose those of the protagonist. | 16 | |
| 14666282113 | Hero | A protagonist with noble qualities, usually better than the average person | 17 | |
| 14666284597 | Antihero | A protagonist who does not have the qualities of a hero, often someone quite average or even below average. | 18 | |
| 14666299658 | Round character | A character developed with sufficient complexity to seem real or lifelike | 19 | |
| 14666308363 | Flat character | A character used as a plot device, sometimes a stereotype | 20 | |
| 14666310983 | Foil | A character, usually minor, who emphasizes the qualities of a main character through an implied contrast | 21 | |
| 14666314316 | Dialogue | Conversation between characters that reveals who these characters are (what they say and how they say it). | 22 | |
| 14666314317 | Narration | A narrator's or speaker's perspective controls the details and emphases that affect how readers experience and interpret a text. Perspective refers to how narrators, characters, or speakers see their circumstances, while point of view refers to the position from which a narrator or speaker relates the events of a narrative. | 23 | |
| 14666316973 | Point of view | The angle or perspective from which a story is reported and interpreted. | 24 | |
| 14666319249 | Narrator | The person who tells the story to the audience or reader | 25 | |
| 14666358252 | First person | Someone (often the protagonist) tells the story as he or she experienced it (using the pronoun I) | 26 | |
| 14666360499 | Omniscient | The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and can move about into the minds of the characters | 27 | |
| 14666362110 | Limited | The story is limited to the thoughts and observations of a single character (not identified as I). | 28 | |
| 14666364749 | Shifting | A limited view, which can shift to the perspective of more than one character. | 29 | |
| 14666364750 | Objective | The actions and conversations are presented as they occur, without any comment from the author or narrator. | 30 | |
| 14666366836 | Unreliable | Narrated from the point of view of a character unwilling or unable to give an accurate account. | 31 | |
| 14667370660 | Imagery | Passages that stir emotions by appealing to the senses | 32 | |
| 14667371476 | Motif | A pattern of identical or similar images recurring throughout a passage or entire work. | 33 | |
| 14667371477 | Tone | Attitude of narrator toward subject | 34 |
