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Story Elements Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| protagonist | "hero" or “heroine” of the story |
| antagonist | character who provides conflict in a story - "villain" |
| setting | time and place in which the story takes place |
| conflict | a struggle or a problem in the story that needs to be resolved |
| internal conflict | struggle within a character |
| external conflict | character struggles against another character |
| climax | the turning point of the story, the most suspenseful part of the story |
| first person point of view | narrator is a character in the story and uses words like "I" and “me” |
| third person omniscient point of view | all knowing point of view; narrator relates the thoughts and feelings of several or all characters |
| third person limited point of view | narrator relates the thoughts and feeling of one character |
| theme | message about life or human nature conveyed in a literary work |
| resolution | how the problem is solved in a story;usually at the end of the story |
| point of view | perspective from which the story is told |