The people, animals, or objects that speak in the story.

The problem in the story.

The unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story.

The message, lesson or moral of a story.

A brief statement of the main events of a story.

Writing that expresses the author's opinion and aims to convince the reader to feel the same

The perspective a story is told from:

uses pronouns I, me and my. The story is about the person telling the story.

the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in a plot

To make an educated guess using prior knowledge and textual evidence

Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words

A division or type of literature

A conversation between two people

The person telling a story

Repetition of sounds at the end of words

description that appeals to the five senses

Something that stands for or represents something else

What the reader feels while reading the story

The way of speaking that is characteristic of certain social or geographical groups