Characters, People, animals, or beings in a story, Setting, Time and place of the story, Plot, Main events of the story, Plot Structure, How the story’s events are organized, Events, Things that happen in the story, Conflict, A struggle or problem in the story, Narrative Devices, Techniques used to tell a story, Flashback, A scene from an earlier time, Foreshadowing, Hints about what will happen later, Theme, The central message or idea, Suspense, A feeling of anxious uncertainty, Tension, Pressure or strain between story elements, Allusions, References to well-known people or texts, Source Material, Original text a new work is based on, Dialogue, Spoken conversation between characters, Inner Dialogue, A character’s private thoughts, Sensory Language, Words that appeal to the senses, Hyperbole, Deliberate exaggeration for effect, Metaphor, A comparison saying one thing is another, Simile, A comparison using like or as

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