The sequence of related events that make a story.

The time and place in which a narrative occurs.

A struggle between opposing forces, either internal or external.

The reader's overall emotion.

Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures in a reader’s mind.

Refers to the circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation

The perspective from which a story is told.

A long narrative about the deeds of heroes or gods.

When a person is brief and to the point when writing or speaking by expressing importance in just a few words.

A writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject.

The direct meaning of a word (definition found in the dictionary)

The implied associations, meanings, or emotions, associated with a word (how the word makes a person feel ).

The subtle difference in the meaning of words

The telling of how something is being used

To deny or make ineffective; showing what something is not.

A literary technique of extending a metaphor through an entire poem or story

A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words