| A | B |
| Point of View | how the story is told |
| First Person | the story is told using "I" |
| Third Person Omniscient | the story is told where the narrator knows everything about the characters and what they are thinking; they use he, she, and they pronouns |
| Conflict | the struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces |
| Man-VS-Man | Two characters struggling against each other |
| Man-VS-Self | A character dealing with an internal struggle |
| Man-VS-Nature | A character or characters struggling against nature and natural forces |
| Man-VS-Technology | A character stuggling against some form of technology |
| Flashback | An interruption of the present action of the plot to show events that have happened at an earlier time |
| Foreshadowing | The use of clues and hints to suggest that will occur later in the plot |
| Inference | A guess or conclusion based on known facts, hints, or evidence |