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plot

action of story

narrator

character or voice that tells story

short story

foccuses on a single event/ incident, can be read w/o a single break

novella

longer than a short story, shorter than a novel. limited nukner of characters

novel

longer work of fiction, weaves togther many diffrent events/story lines/characters

theme

message or lesson brough out by the action of the story and characters

first person

narrator is a chracter in story, uses pronoun we

third person omniscient

narrator is outside story and knows thoughts, feelings of characters, he, she, and they

point of view

perspective from which story is told

comflict

struggle between two opposimg forces

third person limited

tells what only one charcter thinks and feels, uses pronouns he,she,they

setting

where and when action takes place