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| Characters | People, animals, or imaginary creatures in the story |
| Setting | Where and when a story takes places |
| Plot | The problem of the story or the sequence of main events |
| Inference | A logical guess or conclusion based on facts from the story |
| Point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |
| Theme | The meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated in the story |
| Sequence | The order things happen in the story |
| Mood | A feeling that a literary work conveys to readers |
| Genre | A type or category of literature |
| Imagery | Words and phrases that appeal to readers' five senses |
| Foreshadowing | Occurs when an author provides hints about future events in a story |
| Fact | A statement that can be proved |
| Opinion | A statement that reflects a writer's belief and cannot be supported by proof or evidence |
| Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces |
