conflict that involves a character in conflict with him or herself (emotions/decisions)

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.

a speaker or character who tells a story

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, and literary work

introduces the setting, the characters and the basic situation

the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur; hints about the future events

the author directly states the character's traits

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

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

all events leading up to the climax; introduces the conflict

highest point of interest or suspense; the turning point at which the conflict begins to be resolved; the "ah ha" moment

the person or force that opposes or competes against the protagonist

a conversation between two characters