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Key Concepts in Literature

• The plot is the order of events in a story, with complications being the longest part where the protagonist tries to resolve the conflict.
• Suspense is the feeling of uncertainty or anxious excitement about what will happen next in the story.
• Character traits are a combination of the qualities that define a character, such as thoughts, feelings, personality, and choices.
• Objective writing is based on facts and is not biased, while subjective writing includes personal beliefs and opinions.
• Fiction is made-up writing that often includes imaginary events and people, while nonfiction is based on real events and people.
• Conflict is the struggle between opposing forces that a character must overcome in a story, with internal conflict occurring within a character.
• The climax is the emotional turning point of the story, where the conflict is resolved and is usually the shortest part of the plot.
• Theme is the central idea and moral about life that the author is trying to convey through a story.
• Point of view is the vantage point from which a story is told, with first-person point of view being when the narrator is a character in the story.
• Foreshadowing is a narrative device where warnings or suggestions about future events are dropped or planted in the story.
• Flashback interrupts the chronological order of the main narrative to take the reader back in time to past events in a character's life.
• Motive is the reason why a character does something in a story.