1. Antagonist

2. Challenges the protagonist

3. Character Traits

4. Qualities, attitudes, and values that a character has

5. Climax

6. The high point

7. Conflict

8. The problem

9. Dialogue

10. The lines spoken by characters

11. Dynamic Character

12. Grows, learns, and changes

13. Exposition

14. Used at the beginning to provide background information

15. Falling Action

16. Leading to resolution

17. 1 st Person

18. Narrator’s point of view “I”

19. Flashback

20. Scene from the past

21. Foreshadow

22. Clues to suggest events that will happen later

23. Inference

24. Logical conclusion that is not directly stated

25. Mood

26. Feeling

27. Narrator

28. The person telling the story (1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd )

29. Physical Characteristics

30. One’s appearance (skin color, hair color, body size, etc.)

31. Primary Characters

32. Main characters

33. Protagonist

34. Central character that is challenged by the antagonist

35. Resolution

36. The ending

37. Rising Action

38. The events that build a story toward the climax

39. Secondary Characters

40. The minor characters (flat)

41. Setting

42. Time and place Where and when

43. Static Character

44. Character who does not change

45. Symbolism

46. Object represents an idea

47. Theme

48. Central idea or life lesson

49. 3 rd Person

50. Narrator is outside of the story

51. Tone

52. Author’s attitude understood by word choice