A character, symbol, story pattern, or other element that is common to human experience across cultures and that occurs frequently in literature, myth, and folklore.

Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures. Created by details that appeal to one or more of the five senses.

The time and place in which a narrative occurs.

The perspective from which a story is told

The overall emotional quality of a work, which is created by the author's language and tone and the subject matter

The amount of time a writer gives to describing each event and developing each stage in the plot.

A long narrative poem about the deeds of heroes or gods.

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

Word choice -A writer's or speaker's choice of words.

The central character in a work of literature, the one who is involved in the main conflict of the plot

A struggle between opposing forces

The character who opposes or struggles against the main character.

The sequence of related events that make up a story or novel.

The central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work.

The exact, literal, dictionary definition of a word.

The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word - beyond its literal definition.

Conversation between characters.

A fact; proof; a visible sign of something

To form an opinion or a conclusion from evidence

To make a judgment about something

To push or drive (something or someone) in a particular direction

To cause or make something happen

To break out and spread

The circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation

To use the words of (a book, person, etc.) to support something

To decide something because of evidence or facts

To study something carefully

An important event(s)