Review of Terms

  • Theme or universal truth that the story examines

  • Plot or groundwork of the story

  • Conflict, Protagonist, Antagonist

  • Crisis and Climax

  • Exposition

  • Complication

  • Dénouement or Resolution

  • Character

  • Foil

  • Setting of the story, including objects

  • Irony ~ verbal, situational, dramatic

  • Symbol

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