1. English 9

2.  Two types:  Realistic Fiction (#2) – Fiction that could take place in real life  Fantastic Fiction (#3) – Fiction that is unrealistic

3.  Five main parts:  Exposition (#4) – The introduction of a story, which includes: ▪ Setting (#5) The time, place and mood of the story ▪ Hook (#31) An early event that pulls in the reader  Rising Action (#23) The events in the story that move the plot along  Climax (#24) The turning point of the story  Falling Action  Resolution (#25) The end of the story where loose ends are tied up

4.  Conflict (#20) A struggle between opposing forces  Internal Conflict (#21) A struggle that exists within the character  External Conflict (#22) A struggle outside the character  Complication (#32) A problem in addition to the main conflict  Suspense (#36) Tension that builds in the story  Foreshadowing (#29) Hints that indicate future events in a story  Flashback (#30) An event that happened before the beginning of the story

5.  Protagonist (#8) The main character in a work  Antagonist (#9) The force working against the protagonist  Characters can either be:  Static (#7) A character that remains the same as the plot unfolds  Dynamic (#7) A character that changes as the plot unfolds

6.  Who is the Narrator (#10) or the voice from whose point of view events are told  First-Person POV (#12) The narrator is a character in the story  Third-Person POV (#13) The narrator is not a character in the story; two types:  Omniscient (#14) An “all knowing” POV  Limited (#15) Tells the thoughts of only one character

7.  Dialogue (#16) Written conversation between two or more characters  Dialect (#17) A form of language that is particular to an area or a group  Jargon (#18) Words or expressions that are used by a particular group that are difficult for others to understand

8.  Theme (#26) The moral or message of a work  Tone (#27) The attitude a writer takes toward a subject  Mood (#28) The feeling created in the reader  Symbolism (#33) Something that stands for something beyond itself  Irony (#34) A contrast between what is expected to happen and what really happens  Motivation (#35) A reason why a character behaves in a certain way