| Term | Definition |
| story elements | the setting, characters, characterization, plot, comfict, theme, mood, climax, demoument, and foreshadowing of a story |
| characterzation | the ways in which an authors unfolds the personality qualities, habits and traits or a charater |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story from the begining to end |
| theme | the authors comment on the life |
| mood | the feeling or atmosphere created by a story |
| denouement | the final outcome of life of the story after the plot or the part of the story after the climax |
| climax | usally the one moment or event that you the reader have been waiting for throughout the entire book or the turning point in a story |
| foreshadowing | hints or warnings that something is going to happen |
| conflict | the struggles or problems involing the main characters throughout the story |