The way a character's attitude, beliefs, or personality change throughout the story

The time and place of a story

The ways an author reveals and develops a character's personality *includes what character thinks, says, does, feels and how others act towards them

polite statement or behavior; respect

A universal message that can apply to real life or other stories

real, true, and honest

The events of a story

A claim that a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response *usually in first sentence of paragraph

a social group that shares a common homeland, culture, religion, language or ancestry

relating to one thing and not others

The struggle between two opposing forces in a story *can be both internal and external

the process of being seen as good enough to be allowed in a group