The background information at the beginning of the story, such as setting, characters and conflicts.

Language employing figures of speech; language that cannot be taken literally or only literally.

An exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect.

A word for word interpretation for what is written or said.

The person from whose point of view events are conveyed.

The formation or use of words. Such as: buzz, or cuckoo, whose meaning is suggested by the sound of the word itself.

The plan of action or sequence of events of the story.

The vantage point, or stance from which a story is told, the eye and mind through which the action is perceived.

The character or force that opposes the protagonist.

A brief tale told to illustrate a moral with animals as characters which possess human traits.

The time and place in which the action of a story occurs.

The tension or excitement felt by the reader as he or she becomes involved in the story.

The central idea in a literary work.

The writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject

A figure of speech in which two seemingly unlike things are compared by the use of a word or phrase such as like or as.

The feeling, or atmosphere, that a writer creates for the reader.

That part of the plot that leads through a series of events of increasing interest and power to the climax or turning point

The final unwinding, or resolving of the conflicts and complications in the plot.

Events that lead to a resolution after the climax.