Vocabulary List #10

someone who tells the story; the speaker of the story

introduces background information to the reader, such as setting, characters, prior events

the turning point of the story

sequence of events that tell a story from beginning to end

main idea, moral, or message in a piece of writing 

point of view where the narrator is outside the story and uses pronouns like he, she, and they

point of view that uses pronouns I, me, etc. and is usually the main character of the story

point of view where the narrator directs the reader as "you"

series of events in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest

time when the conflict is resolved at the end of the story

perspective from which the story is told

events that occur after the climax and tie the loose ends of the story, found at the end