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| 10734681022 | Plot | the arrangement of events in a narrative; the action in the story | 0 | |
| 10734688323 | Narrative | a story | 1 | |
| 10734694743 | Conflicts | complications in the story | 2 | |
| 10734698630 | Exposition | states the background information and gives the nature of the conflict | 3 | |
| 10734705850 | Rising Action | the conflict and complications begin to build | 4 | |
| 10734712955 | Climax | when the emotional tension reaches its peak | 5 | |
| 10734719260 | Falling Action | when the conflict gets resolved | 6 | |
| 10734727977 | Resolution/ Denouement | the state of balance is restored to the world of the story | 7 | |
| 10734738893 | In medias res | a narrative begins in the middle of the action | 8 | |
| 10734743774 | Flashback | describes events that have taken place before the story begins | 9 | |
| 10734749980 | Foreshadowing | hints at things that may happen later in the story | 10 | |
| 10734754929 | Protagonist | the main character | 11 | |
| 10734758230 | Antagonist | character who the protagonist is in a conflict with | 12 | |
| 10734764648 | Coming-of-age story/ Bildungsroman | a young character grows from innocence to experience | 13 | |
| 10748871268 | Epiphany | when a character suddenly realizes something significant about life from an everyday, mundane experience | 14 | |
| 10748887597 | Round Character (Dynamic) | a character who exhibits a range of emotions | 15 | |
| 10748898314 | Flat Character (Static) | a character that has only one or two traits and lacks character development | 16 | |
| 10748905738 | Foil | a contrasting character who allows the protagonist to stand out more distinctly | 17 | |
| 10748919314 | Stock Character | characters based on a stereotype | 18 | |
| 10748926489 | Direct Characterization | occurs when a narrator strictly describes the background, motivation, temperament, or appearance of a character | 19 | |
| 10748939270 | Indirect Characterization | when the author shows us what a character is like through what he or she says, does, or thinks, or what others say about the character | 20 | |
| 10748949751 | Setting | the time and place or where and when of a story or text | 21 | |
| 10748957478 | First Person Point of View | when the reader sees the world through a single character's perspective | 22 | |
| 10748967683 | Unreliable Narrator | a narrator who is biased and doesn't give a full or accurate picture of events in a narrative; is often naiive, immoral, and/or inexperienced | 23 | |
| 10748989568 | Third Person Point of View | a narrator that is not in the story | 24 | |
| 10748996706 | Third Person Omniscient | when a reader has access to what all the characters think and feel | 25 | |
| 10749004668 | Third Person Limited Omniscient | when a reader has access to only one character's thoughts or feelings | 26 | |
| 10749017607 | Objective Narrator (Neutral) | a neutral narrator | 27 | |
| 10749022545 | Stream of Consciousness | takes readers inside the mind of a narrator, recounting thoughts, impressions, and feelings without the filters of causality or logic | 28 | |
| 10749036061 | Layered Points of View | when a narrative is told through multiple layered perspectives | 29 | |
| 10749045292 | Narrative Frame (Frame Story) | when the author introduces another story using another story or another narrator with another narrator | 30 | |
| 10749058936 | Symbols | objects, places, events, and even characters that carry more than just their literal meaning that points to the meaning of the work as a whole | 31 | |
| 10749071196 | Motif | a recurring pattern | 32 | |
| 10749076820 | Theme | the way of a work of literature explores issues or raises questions | 33 | |
| 10749091949 | Dialogue | a conversation between two or more characters | 34 | |
| 10749099138 | Soliloquy | when a character is alone on stage and is revealing their thoughts or emotions | 35 | |
| 10749107674 | Dramatic Irony | when the readers know something that the characters do not | 36 |
