Where the story takes place
Setting
The person telling the story
Narrator
How the story ends
Conclusion
The problems that a character faces within a story.
Conflict
A piece of writing that is based on true events
Non-Fiction
A story that is made up
Fiction
Examining a character’ s thoughts, speech, actions, and interactions with others
Characterization
Drawing the reader in to keep his or her attention
Suspense
Keeps the main character from getting something they want
Antagonist
The main character in a story
Protagonist
Representing ideas or things with symbols
Symbolism
Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds
Assonance
Literal meaning or dictionary definition of a words
Denotation
Emotional associations to a word
Connotation
Repetition of a particular sound or letter in two or more bordering words in a sentence
Alliteration
Something happens that is the opposite of what you would expect
Irony
Instructions written about characters
Stage Directions
Referring to a famous place, person, event, or literary work
Allusion
Narrative poem that is meant to be sung
Ballad
Written conversation between two or more characters-usually identified by quotation marks.
Static Character
This character undergoes major changes throughout the story
Dynamic Character
A technique by advertisers that makes you feel like everyone has a product, and you should too.
Bandwagon
The feelings created by the author’s word choice.
Mood
Division of a poem
Stanza
The beginning of a story that introduces setting and characters
Exposition