Ficto
Fashioning action of shaping
Theme
whatever general idea or insight the story reveals
fiction
A name for stories not entirely factual but partially shaped
Plot
artistic arrangement of the events of a story
Dramatic Situation
a person is involved in a conflict
Drama
any clash / conflict of wills, desires, or powers: with the world with himself, with God, with the Devil
Complication
a new conflict
Protagonist
the principal person who strives
Suspense
pleasurable anxiety that heightens our attention to the stor
Antagonist
one who opposes the protagonist
Crisis
turning point in the action
Climax
defining point for the character - the moment of decision
Denouement
French for "untying of the knot" - the conclusion, or resolution
Archetypal Criticism
an approach to literature that reads literature as expressing images, story patterns, and characters of inherited and almost-universal unconscious ideas