| A | B |
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| Universal Theme | author's main message about life that is able to be understood despite race, gender, or time |
| Cultural Heritage | physical and intangible items of importance passed from one generation to the next |
| Setting | location and time of a story |
| Archetype | characters that are repeated in stories so readers can recognize them |
| Historical Context | the world as it existed in a given time & place; includes politics, economics, culture |
| Cultural Relevance | a story's relationship to the culture in which it is written |
| Characterization | giving information about a character to make the character believable |
| Theme | moral message or point of a story |
| Conflict | the problem in the story |
| Main Idea | most important point in a text |
| Compare | how are two or more pieces are the same |
| Contrast | how are two or more pieces are different |
