| A | B |
| element | a fundamental or necessary component of a story |
| plot | series of events in a story (including exposition, rising, action, climax, falling action, and resolution) |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| 1st person POV | the story is told by a character in the story |
| 3rd person POV | the story is told by a voice from outside the story |
| Theme | the message or moral of the story |
| Literary Device | a technique of writing used to enhance a pice of literature |
| Mood | the atmosphere or feeling established in a work of of literature (hapy, scary, exiting, etc.) |
| conflict | the struggle between opposing forces in a work of literature |
| characterization | the creation and development of people and personalities throughout a work of literature |