plot
series of related events that make up a story or drama
setting
time and place of a literary work
protagonist
the main character, usually the “good guy”
antagonist
the person or force that blocks the main character (“bad guy”)
internal conflict
a struggle between two opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character
external conflict
a struggle between a characer and an outside force, which may be nother character, society as a whole, or something in nature
theme
the central idea or insight about human life revealed by a work of literature; the revelation the writer wishes the reader to discover about the subject of the literary work
mood
a story’s atmosphere or the feeling it evokes in the reader
tone
the attitude a writer takes toward a subject
diction
a writer’s or speaker’s choice of words
