These are the people (actors) who portray roles in a play. It is the characters who move the action, or plot of the play forward.

This identifies the time and place of the story.

This refers to the action which also connotes the sequence of events in the story.

This refers to the words written by the writer and spoken by the characters in the play. It connotes action in the play.

It happens in a chronological structure.

This consists of a series of loosely related incidents, usually of chapter length.

This consists two or more dramatic plots that are usually linked by a common character.

This structure conveys information about events that occurred earlier.

At the beginning of the story, characters, setting, and the main conflict are typically introduced.

The story begins to slow down and work towards its end, tying up loose ends.

At the peak of the story, a major event occurs in which the main character faces a major enemy, fear, challenge, or other source of conflict. The most action, drama, change, and excitement occurs here.

The writer deliberately invokes a comparison or association between two or more texts.

An imitation of another text for satirical purpose; usually to mock.

It is stealing another person’s work without giving them proper credit or permission.

It is a particularly common form of deliberate intertextuality – it’s when one text makes a deliberate, but subtle, reference to another.