a struggle between two opposing forces

central message or insight of life revealed

word choice including denotation (literal meanings) and connotation (an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning). The choice of words an author chooses to use.

the ordinary form of written language that occurs in two forms: fiction and non-fiction

introduces the setting, the characters and the basic situation

the sequence of events in a literary work

when a character in the story tells the story

when a voice outside the story tells the story, but only through one character's eyes

events that lead to the resolution

all-knowing third person narrator who can tell readers what any character thinks or feels

a section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time

the person or force that opposes or competes against the protagonist

feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work