1. DICTION

2. WORD CHOICE

3. DENOTATION

4. DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF A WORD

5. CONNOTATION

6. EMOTIONAL IMPLICATION, IDEA, OR NOTION ASSOCIATED WITH A WORD

7. SYNTAX

8. the order and relationship of words in a statement or sentence or between sentences

9. ATTITUDE

10. HOW THE AUTHOR FEELS, THE PURPOSE OF THE SPEAKER, EXPRESSES AN OPINION

11. TONE

12. METHOD USED TO CONVEY ATTITUDE, SOUND OF VOICE THAT CONVEYS ATTITUDE

13. MOOD

14. WHAT THE AUTHOR / SPEAKER IS ATTEMPTING TO CREATE IN THE READER / LISTENER, HOW THE READER / LISTENER IS SUPPOSED TO FEEL

15. SETTING

16. TIME AND PLACE THE STORY TAKES PLACE

17. MOTIF

18. ANY ELEMENT THAT RECURS IN ONE OR MORE WORKS OF LITERATURE

19. THEME

20. A STATEMENT REVEALING THE GENERAL/CENTRAL IDEA(S) THROUGHOUT A WORK – IT MUST CONTAIN A VERB & ANSWER THE QUESTION: “WHAT THE AUTHOR IS TRYING TO SAY ABOUT HUMANITY?”

21. INTERNAL CONFLICT

22. TAKES PLACE WITHIN A CHARACTER

23. EXTERNAL CONFLICT

24. TAKES PLACE BETWEEN A CHARACTER & AN OUTSIDE FORCE

25. IRONY

26. A CONTRAST BETWEEN APPEARANCE & REALITY

27. SITUATIONAL IRONY

28. OUTCOME IS OPPOSITE OF EXPECTATION

29. VERBAL IRONY

30. WHEN A CHARACTER SAYS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE OR SHE MEANS

31. DRAMATIC IRONY

32. WHEN THE READER / AUDIENCE KNOWS MORE THAN THE CHARACTER(S)

33. CHARACTERIZATION

34. 3 LITERARY TECHNIQUES THE AUTHOR USES TO CREATE THE CHARACTER(S)

35. THESE INCLUDE:

36. 1. DIRECT DESCRIPTION

37. 2. PORTRAYAL OF BEHAVIORS / INTERACTIONS

38. 1. DIRECT DESCRIPTION 2. PORTRAYAL OF BEHAVIORS / INTERACTIONS 3. REPRESENTATION OF INTERNAL STATES